From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by sympa.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DC487EEAF for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:42:44 +0100 (CET) Received-SPF: None (mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of anil@recoil.org) identity=pra; client-ip=89.16.177.154; receiver=mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="anil@recoil.org"; x-sender="anil@recoil.org"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: None (mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of anil@recoil.org) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=89.16.177.154; receiver=mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="anil@recoil.org"; x-sender="anil@recoil.org"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: None (mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of postmaster@dark.recoil.org) identity=helo; client-ip=89.16.177.154; receiver=mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="anil@recoil.org"; x-sender="postmaster@dark.recoil.org"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ap4EAAx49VBZELGa/2dsb2JhbABFvhhzgh4BAQMBAToyDQULCwc/VwYTFId/Cgioc441jHWDYmEDlgyBHI8tgnU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,473,1355094000"; d="scan'208";a="190037494" Received: from recoil.dh.bytemark.co.uk (HELO dark.recoil.org) ([89.16.177.154]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with SMTP; 15 Jan 2013 16:42:43 +0100 Received: (qmail 28526 invoked by uid 634); 15 Jan 2013 15:42:43 -0000 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Check-By: dark.recoil.org Received: from volstagg-0.srg.cl.cam.ac.uk (HELO [10.0.0.83]) (128.232.32.232) (smtp-auth username remote@recoil.org, mechanism cram-md5) by dark.recoil.org (qpsmtpd/0.84) with ESMTPA; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:42:42 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) From: Anil Madhavapeddy In-Reply-To: <6833F17C-B642-4ED9-8C8F-2665A9742845@ocamlpro.com> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:42:45 +0000 Cc: OCaml mailing-list , Mirage List Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <6833F17C-B642-4ED9-8C8F-2665A9742845@ocamlpro.com> To: Thomas Gazagnaire X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on dark.recoil.org Subject: [Caml-list] Re: [ANN] beta-release of OPAM If you're using Homebrew on the Mac, just do a "brew update" and you should= get the latest beta release (0.9.1) via it. Enjoy! -anil On 15 Jan 2013, at 15:40, Thomas Gazagnaire wrote: > I'm very happy to announce the beta release of OPAM (0.9.1). OPAM is a pa= ckage manager for OCaml to install libraries and tools from source archives= . It supports multiple simultaneous compiler installations, flexible packag= e constraints, and a Git-friendly development workflow. >=20 > The goal of this beta release is to formally introduce OPAM to the commun= ity, to gather some general feedback on the documentation and tools and dou= ble-check that we've not forgotten some useful features. I would also like = to use that opportunity to make an official call to maintainers: if you hav= e developed packages which are already in OPAM do not hesitate to claim the= ir ownership and to improve their description - if your packages are not ye= t in, it's time to start packaging them!=20 >=20 > OPAM is developed by OCamlPro[1] and has been in alpha release since June= 2012. It is already quite mature and has gained some nice momentum (+40 co= ntributors, +300 packages). OPAM has been initially funded by Jane Street[= 2] and the DORM EU research project, and it has received continuous help an= d resources from OCamlLabs[3]. >=20 > The source code of OPAM is available on Github: > * installer: https://github.com/OCamlpro/opam > * packages and compiler descriptions: https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam-re= pository > * website: https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam2web >=20 > The documention: > * install instructions and tutorial are available http://opam.ocamlpro.co= m/ > * the main source of documentation is 'opam --help' or 'opam --= help' > * user manual: https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam/raw/master/doc/dev-manual= /dev-manual.pdf >=20 > You can report issues on github bug tracker: > * https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam/issues >=20 > The next steps for us is to focus on improving the package descriptions q= uality and the global consistency of https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam-repos= itory. We will gladly accept any kind of help and support from the communit= y to do this! We plan to announce the release of 1.0.0 in a couple of mont= hs, with improved package quality and better integration with the future OC= aml platform. >=20 > Last point, if you are working in a company and that you already use OPAM= , or plan to use OPAM, and you would like to help us ensuring it a sustaina= ble future[2], you can contact us at contact@ocamlpro.com.=20 >=20 > On behalf of the OPAM team, > Thomas Gazagnaire >=20 > [1] http://www.ocamlpro.com/ > [2] http://www.janestreet.com/ > [3] http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/projects/ocamllabs/ >=20 >=20 >=20