Re: [Caml-list] GODI is shutting down

[Amir Chaudhry <amc79@cam.ac.uk>]

Dear all,

I don't think this thread is particularly productive and I don't see it getting any better.

The initial message said GODI is being shut down, unless someone is willing to take it over.  Since then we seem to have entered an OPAM vs GODI debate, which I find odd because unless someone has agreed to take over GODI (or Gerd changes his mind), the entire discussion is moot.  If it's about features the OCaml community feels it needs, there are also other channels where those can be discussed. 

Overall, it feels as though this thread has become more about venting frustrations and I'd question whether this list is an appropriate place for that (please realise that there are over 1300 subscribers).

Best wishes,
Amir

On 24 Jul 2013, at 23:06, Virgile Prevosto <virgile.prevosto@m4x.org> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Le mer. 24 juil. 2013 16:44:43 CEST,
> Thomas Gazagnaire <thomas@ocamlpro.com> a écrit :
> 
>>> In the past days I made the experience that OPAM advocates never
>>> answer to any of my objections. When I said "GODI has feature xy,
>>> why doesn't OPAM has this too?" the only response is something like
>>> "OPAM has this great Github-based workflow" (the most harmless
>>> variant). Discussion impossible.
>> 
>> Let's try to be constructive then. I've tried to look for all your
>> recent objections, let me known if I have missed some.
> 
> Well, I feel like there is still something that is not answered.
> Agreed, this is a technical question, but it is probably the bulk of
> the issue. Namely, this is the beginning of Gerd's email:
> 
>> project from the beginning. Basically, three organizations joined to  
>> create a new software. The discussion about the design wasn't public.
>> I was excluded from the beginning - and don't understand why, since
>> I made an offer for cooperation when I first heard from Ocamlpro's
>> plans (not about OPAM in particular, but other stuff, but I suggested
>> to cooperate in package manager questions). I never got a response to
> 
> Presented as above, it can be summarized as "opam developers
> arbitrarily refused a cooperation offer". As a potential package
> maintainer, hearing this has an impact on my motivation to devote too
> much time to it. I would thus be quite interested to see the other side
> of this coin.
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> E tutto per oggi, a la prossima volta.
> Virgile
> 
> 
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