Le lundi, 9 décembre 2013 à 16:23, Sebastien Mondet a écrit :
Where did you get that from ?
> Opam's .install files should be used only to fix packages whose installation is already broken or unsufficient, shouldn't it?
A .install file is a good way of specifying what you want to install without having to replicate any installation logic in your package which is good when you develop and distribute many packages and need to scale.
It can be installed by anything that understands what a .install file is, there's nothing specific to opam here. Godi is shutting down, Wodi could be make to understand .install file. Manual Package Management™, the file format of .install is very simple you could perfectly develop have a command line tool that reads it and issues the appropriate cp commands, I'm personally no longer interested in that form of package management and don't have the time to support it.
> If you rely *only* on the .install, your package can be installed only with opam, it will break for other users (GODI, WODI, Manual Package Management™, etc.).
> I think it's good hygiene to at least provide an ocamlfind-based installation of the libraries.As I said `ocamlfind install` doesn't allow you to install binaries, man pages, configuration files, documentation etc. With a .install file you can specify what you want to be installed to the classic unix paths (bin, etc, man, share, etc.).
Best,
Daniel