From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id F40CABDDA for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:26:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j7R1QEcS006753 for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:26:14 +0200 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1101.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 91AF31C00093 for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:26:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pegasos (AStrasbourg-251-1-6-156.w82-126.abo.wanadoo.fr [82.126.196.156]) by mwinf1101.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 6CD2C1C0008F; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:26:14 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20050827012614445.6CD2C1C0008F@mwinf1101.wanadoo.fr Received: from sven by pegasos with local (Exim 4.50) id 1E8pNm-0007bM-Tt; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:21:18 +0200 Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:21:13 +0200 To: skaller Cc: Sven Luther , Chris Campbell , caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] LablGL on Ubuntu? Message-ID: <20050827012113.GC29153@localhost.localdomain> References: <20050826224607.GA21237@localhost.localdomain> <1125101097.25384.103.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1125101097.25384.103.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: Sven Luther X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 430FC136.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 lablgl:01 sven:01 luther:01 sven:01 luther:01 lablgl:01 libgl:01 distro:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 packagers:01 rebuilding:01 dependencies:01 25,:98 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.2 required=5.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE, DNS_FROM_RFC_POST,DNS_FROM_RFC_WHOIS autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 10:04:57AM +1000, skaller wrote: > On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 00:46 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 10:51:21PM +0100, Chris Campbell wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Is it safe to install LablGL on Breezy? It wants to remove nvidia-glx > > > and libgl1-xorg. I'm running breezy to test it and know the risks > > > about using an unstable distro (i ran sid for a year). Don't want to > > > remove anything critical. > > > > > > Will OCaml 3.08.4 feature in Breezy (thinking of the 64 bit fixes specifically)? > > > > Notice that ubuntu doesn't really have ocaml packages, just rebuild debian > > ones, so why not use the real thing ? :) > > There are some differences I have discovered, for example > Debian and Ubuntu use distinct documentation 'help' systems. Cosmetical and external stuff though, It is still the debian ocaml packagers who do all the job. > Ubuntu rebuilding of Debian Ocaml docs gets me all the > nice Documentation .. using the Debian packages directly > does not. > > Another problem is that the package dependencies > can mess up. Should not, as far as i can tell it is mostly a plain rebuild, but well. > And: Debian does not support AMD64. Ubuntu does. Sure, Debian does support AMD64, it is not in the official archive yet (and will not be for sarge), but the amd64 archive is available (don't remember where though) and support in both debian-installer and sarge-security is there, so ... > I actually think GODI is better than all, since it > doesn't have any concept of a 'distribution': source building > is the way to go with Ocaml, since Ocaml, unlike C, is reliable > and fast to build. Bah. Friendly, Sven Luther