From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACB01BC0A for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 21:02:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail15.bluewin.ch (mail15.bluewin.ch [195.186.18.63]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l32J2Cxu015581 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 21:02:12 +0200 Received: from [10.0.1.2] (85.0.102.187) by mail15.bluewin.ch (Bluewin 7.3.121) id 45F50C830064AEF7 for caml-list@inria.fr; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 19:02:12 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <1175537470.7492.17.camel@rosella.wigram> References: <8803983E-0B1E-4A11-BAF3-D18C7BA67607@gmail.com> <1175534543.5440.6.camel@rosella.wigram> <1175537470.7492.17.camel@rosella.wigram> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <93C44656-2FF9-43C0-862B-80A9654BFEAA@epfl.ch> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Daniel_B=FCnzli?= Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Installation of libraries with ocamlbuild Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 21:02:14 +0200 To: Caml List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 46115334.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; bunzli:01 buenzli:01 model:01 usefull:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 binaries:01 binaries:01 caml-list:01 binary:01 caml:02 epfl:02 daniel:04 daniel:04 problem:05 Le 2 avr. 07 =E0 20:11, skaller a =E9crit : > The caml development team alone does not have the expertise > to develop such a model in isolation: it requires a discussion > and feedback from the wider community. Maybe, maybe not. I find it very usefull they want to tackle this =20 problem, so I'd like to encourage them instead of dismissing the idea. > It is also not viable on multi-user systems, where the admin > installs Ocaml, but users install libraries. Agreed. You'd need some kind of lookup PATH. > I personally think the proper solution is actually SOURCE not binary. > That is, you install sources .. never binaries. Ocamlbuild uses a > nominated cache directory for the binaries, and rebuilds automatically > any libraries required .. including when Ocaml itself is upgraded. This could be the sketch an interesting solution. Daniel