From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id GAA14529; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 06:32:33 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA13884 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 06:32:32 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mel-rto3.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-3.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.233]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g9F4WVD18088; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 06:32:31 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mel-rta7.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.61) by mel-rto3.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3DA24D1800469E1D; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 06:32:09 +0200 Received: from iliana (80.14.69.186) by mel-rta7.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3DA24BE60043AE73; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 06:32:09 +0200 Received: from luther by iliana with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 181JWu-0000Qe-00; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 06:42:04 +0200 Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 06:42:03 +0200 To: Gerd Stolpmann Cc: Sven LUTHER , Pierre Weis , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] CDK with Ocaml 3.06 (fwd) Message-ID: <20021015044203.GA1016@iliana> References: <20021014181602.GA2620@iliana> <200210142038.WAA05623@pauillac.inria.fr> <20021014210719.GA3682@iliana> <20021014224457.GM1002@ice.gerd-stolpmann.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021014224457.GM1002@ice.gerd-stolpmann.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i From: Sven LUTHER Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 12:44:57AM +0200, Gerd Stolpmann wrote: > - Authors usually cannot test source packages on lots of platforms. Problems > range from /bin/sh incompatibilities to the Unix/Windows nightmare. Especially > for the latter I really don't know how to cope with it, because porting > Makefiles and scripts to Windows is time-intensive, and as a Unix fan > I have the attitude "let the Windows users do it". At least for the windows solution, i strongly think a binary distribution mechanism is what is needed for the users and also would save a lot of time and 'howto build' kind of questions on the mailing lists. There is no reason not to do so, i am no windows expert, but windows offer a stable set of libraries and other system component that can be relied upon to install ocaml binary packages upon. This already works for ocaml itself. > These are not exoctic complications that are rarely found, they are normal. > A reasonable source distribution format must deal with them, and there must > be people willing to create such enhanced source packages. I don't say > this is all impossible, but sure it is an ambitious project. Yes, i also think so. Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners