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=1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,SPF_FAIL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 099CCBC6C for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:18:29 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAB/en0fAXQImh2dsb2JhbACQJwEBAQgKKZ9M X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,276,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="8530396" Received: from discorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.38]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 30 Jan 2008 11:18:28 +0100 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m0UAIQcX010540 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:18:28 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAADDdn0dQW+UCh2dsb2JhbACQJwEBAQgKKZ9J X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,276,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="7421418" Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) ([80.91.229.2]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 30 Jan 2008 11:18:23 +0100 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JKA1M-0000U9-TG for caml-list@inria.fr; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:18:20 +0000 Received: from ks300734.kimsufi.com ([91.121.65.225]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:18:20 +0000 Received: from sylvain by ks300734.kimsufi.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:18:20 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: caml-list@inria.fr From: Sylvain Le Gall Subject: Re: [OSR] Ports-like package management system Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:18:14 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <479F0664.2070706@exalead.com> <200801300951.47060.jon@ffconsultancy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ks300734.kimsufi.com User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1pl2 (Debian) Sender: news X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 47A04EF2.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; le-gall:01 model:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 wiki:01 wiki:01 git:98 wrote:01 wrote:01 slides:01 let:03 repository:03 repository:03 debian:04 debian:04 On 30-01-2008, Jon Harrop wrote: > On Wednesday 30 January 2008 09:06:29 Sylvain Le Gall wrote: >> We, in Debian, are using this way. It works pretty well... > > Speaking as a Debian user: the Debian model works well for all of my other > software but not for OCaml. > [...] OCaml in Debian has a lot of problems. I have talked about openly during the meeting. You can find my slides on the wiki, if you want more information about it. http://wiki.cocan.org/events/europe/ocamlmeetingparis2008 In this case, i was talking about dealing with repository/metadata. Which is something about package management and not OCaml in Debian. I just suggest using a ftp repository and putting a VCS field in the metadata. Please read me twice before answering. > >> and don't let people going into endless discussion about Git being faster >> than Darcs -- but less useful than Hg. > > Debian have also failed to resolve this. > I never participate to flameware. But i have seen many on Debian lists, and think it is a waste of time. Just like people on this list when they also go into flameware... Regards, Sylvain Le Gall