Re: OCaml's Cathedral & Bazaar (was Re: [Caml-list] Completeness of "Unix" run-time library)

[Vasili Galchin <vasiliocaml@yahoo.com>]

--- Dustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net> wrote:
> 
> On Apr 2, 2004, at 23:43, Kenneth Knowles wrote:
> 
> >>> .. hmmm .. but i actually want to use the CVS
> version of Ocaml
> >>> rather than an official release .. is there a
> way to tell GODI
> >>> about using CVS instead of FTPing a tarball?
> >>
> >> [mumble something about gnuarch making the world
> a better place]
> >
> > [mumble something about DARCS being a
> generalization of the same 
> > concepts with a
> > fraction of the complexity]
> 
> 	I'm hoping to get darcs built so I can play with it
> soon.  The main 
> point is decentralizing all of this stuff so people
> can work on new 
> concepts without losing track of head-of-line (or
> anyone else's 
> branch).
    ^^^ As a reminder the original post 'Completeness
of "Unix" run-time library' was my post! I like OCaml
very much BUT if people cannot "checkin" their
contributions, e.g. ipv6 socket code, then OCaml is
only a "science experiment"!! I am sorry for being
brutal but from a pragmatic viewpoint, this is true.
By definition a "community" has access to all good
resources. I frankly didn't know about unchecked-in
IPV6 socket code until I posted a notice about my ipv4
multicast code. Bottom line: there are a lot of
valuable contributions to OCaml that should be code
reviewed and if good checked-in! Alternative: C++,
i.e.  sh*t!

Regards, Vasili

> 
> 	My point is that arch was designed to solve
> problems like the above.  
> darcs seems to have a lot in common with arch (but
> doesn't seem to have 
> as mature of an implementation).  In a cathedral vs.
> bazaar 
> conversation, it seems that making the bazaar
> possible with tools 
> designed for a cathedral makes contributions more
> difficult, thus less 
> likely.
> 
> 	This is the second message regarding darcs I've
> received.  I was 
> actually interested in darcs before finding arch,
> but had problems 
> getting it built.  I'm interested in trying it
> again, but it's going to 
> take something amazing to get me to switch the
> majority of my code.  :)
> 
> --
> SPY                      My girlfriend asked me
> which one I like better.
> pub  1024/3CAE01D5 1994/11/03 Dustin Sallings
> <dustin@spy.net>
> |    Key fingerprint =  87 02 57 08 02 D0 DA D6  C8
> 0F 3E 65 51 98 D8 BE
> L_______________________ I hope the answer won't
> upset her. ____________
> 
> -------------------
> 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


__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway 
http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/

-------------------
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