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X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.65 on 172.16.0.20 X-Server-Quench: d084461f-608a-11e6-bcde-0015176ca198 X-AuthReport-Spam: If SPAM / abuse - report it at: http://www.authsmtp.com/abuse X-AuthRoute: OCd1ZAARAlZZVg1f DC4bFwdFRBksPQFF ChxFJgxfNl8UURhQ KkJXbgASJgRGAnhE VHkJW1VSQFxyU2dz YQ5RIwdcYVRPXwB0 UklLXFNTEBpqBAMA SFsZIWopIwNGeHl4 ZURnEHRSXkw0IUZ1 RkpSFDsbY2doOX0e URVealEHJFZXfh9E b1F4UiBcYGwPKBgV TUcAFDk0OXBbKT9J d0kqBlsXRQ5XWGZg AUhBFzgzFBRt X-Authentic-SMTP: 61633634383431.1038:706 X-AuthFastPath: 0 (Was 255) X-AuthSMTP-Origin: 213.105.212.114/25 X-AuthVirus-Status: No virus detected - but ensure you scan with your own anti-virus system. Subject: RE: [Caml-list] OCaml 4.04.0+beta1 Damien Doligez wrote: > > On 2016-08-11, at 18:28, David Allsopp wrote: > > > > Wouldn't it only ever break it for alpha/beta/rc releases, though? Might > that be a price worth paying (next time)? >=20 > Breaking beta releases is a very big deal: a broken beta is a beta that > nobody will test. Moreover, OPAM does not implement the convention you are > suggesting, so it would do more harm than good. It doesn't break *your* beta release - it breaks other people's libraries a= nd at a time at which you expect to be testing those libraries (exactly as = happened from 3.07+2 -> 3.08.0 when the version format last changed). So fo= r any given library/program, the worst you'd expect is that it reports brok= en during a beta (because something goes wrong with OCaml version number pa= rsing) which then "magically" disappears when it's released. It's difficult= to imagine present software which would somehow work when given 4.05.0~bet= a1 and then, all other things equal, stop working when given 4.05.0! David