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=0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E435BBC1 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:12:50 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,488,1199660400"; d="asc'?scan'208";a="8308410" Received: from peray.inria.fr (HELO ausone.inria.fr) ([128.93.8.98]) by mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr with SMTP; 12 Mar 2008 16:12:50 +0100 Received: by ausone.inria.fr (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, _d Mar 2008 16:11:37 +0100 From: "Nicolas Pouillard" Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: what's in the future for ocamlbuild? To: Caml_mailing list References: <1ef034530803112157m3bb804f4w6723252a84c2ec62@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:11:37 +0100 Message-Id: <1205334551-sup-608@port-ext16.ensta.fr> User-Agent: Sup/git Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-1205334697-327405-11757-8964-2-="; micalg="pgp-sha1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ocaml:01 compiler:01 compiler:01 camlp:01 compilation:01 bug:01 camlp:01 sourceforge:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 dependency:01 caml:02 tree:02 patches:03 X-Attachments: cset="UTF-8" type="application/pgp-signature" name="signature.asc" name="signature.asc" --=-1205334697-327405-11757-8964-2-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Excerpts from Sylvain Le Gall's message of Wed Mar 12 10:31:36 +0100 2008: > Hello, Hello, > On 12-03-2008, Erick Tryzelaar wrote: > > > > - I love that ocamlbuild is bundled with ocaml as then it's one less > > dependency for someone building an ocaml package, but I don't like how > > it then ties it's release to ocaml releases. First, since new versions > > of ocaml aren't really publicly planned, it's hard to know when a > > feature might be added to ocamlbuild. Second, we can't use ocamlbuild > > to build a system if the system compiler isn't 3.10. I don't think > > ocamlbuild actually uses anything from 3.10. So, it would be nice if > > there was also a separate release from ocaml that we could install > > along side of an older ocaml install. > > > > Indeed, i would have prefer to have ocamlbuild outside ocaml compiler > package. The reason for ocamlbuild in OCaml is to solve the complex > scheme to build camlp4 (as far as i can remember). This is unfortunate, > but we can't blame INRIA to build a tool and test it against its more > complex compilation scheme. > > > - A way for the community to add support for other languages. It may > > not make sense to code in the OCaml tree support for things like Java > > or the QT library. It also might not really be appropriate to be done > > through OSR either. > > > > - ocamlbuild currently can't run on windows's cmd.exe, which is a > > shame. This bug report suggests that it's not planned on changing > > either: > > > > http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=4388 > > > > I don't think INRIA team are against accepting your patches, if it fits > correctly in OCaml. Most of the time, the first step is to provide a > patch... If you have the time to correct this problem on your own, i > think INRIA team will happily integrate your patch. Talking for my parts (camlp4 and ocamlbuild), patches are welcome. Of course they are subject to be rejected if they don't fits our requirements (including that INRIA is the copyright holder). -- Nicolas Pouillard aka Ertai --=-1205334697-327405-11757-8964-2-= Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkfX8qkACgkQj+FCNw9dwLm1QwCgoXcDjZPgIjuiQa0ml324FBXf MdUAnA8qkEBoLX5SWxeTCgOc5lqbetSS =y/YS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-1205334697-327405-11757-8964-2-=--