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=1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,SPF_NEUTRAL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F1DBBC6B for ; Sat, 4 Aug 2007 19:35:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hu-out-0506.google.com (hu-out-0506.google.com [72.14.214.235]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l74HZS7d026932 for ; Sat, 4 Aug 2007 19:35:28 +0200 Received: by hu-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 16so807693hue for ; Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:35:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent:from; b=hbr14uT5HlVH27j5+OCgwIZO08Nj6ItK30GHtdABkxVxqMMT4/GO5/lFPTT27CiRs008ZPsmyuZmXxPjLv87zh4p0CnVYWK3yxJp8o2qZURFwAdzc4uPB/o8riH5tVdn5m95E3BUk4iX+syzmdoSQucBitCpnNow8RNtA3Hxxzw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent:from; b=EOMv7qLchh7rcpMjcM6MYo2grCz+OZHqzeRSr6aMsLqYt+jv8y2mh0XONoALjqRhl3Nq8sSVAV4kdOZr+ORLwT8HUVD2nYLo1WdLw7pwgbxhLCNsgh1KG1aryvBu34Htfq6X5kH1l2e+5XreD04784alLKFZfu4mSxBBkIKxSvU= Received: by 10.86.77.5 with SMTP id z5mr3112069fga.1186248927508; Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:35:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ( [82.122.232.94]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j2sm13969776mue.2007.08.04.10.35.24 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:35:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by localhost (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:35:17 +0200 Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 19:35:17 +0200 To: skaller Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Sorted list Message-ID: <20070804173517.GA24131@jiyu.gnu> Mail-Followup-To: Julien Moutinho , skaller , caml-list@inria.fr References: <46B4485B.7040406@menta.net> <46B454ED.700@philippewang.info> <1186226538.14440.105.camel@rosella.wigram> <46B48F3C.1040904@menta.net> <1186242141.11801.10.camel@rosella.wigram> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1186242141.11801.10.camel@rosella.wigram> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) From: Julien Moutinho X-j-chkmail-Score: MSGID : 46B4B8E0.000 on discorde : j-chkmail score : X : 0/20 1 0.000 -> 1 X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 46B4B8E0.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ocaml:01 lgpl:01 model:01 cathedral:98 disciples:98 wrote:01 wrote:01 maintainers:01 volunteers:01 caml-list:01 data:02 algorithms:03 library:03 let:03 On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 01:42:21AM +1000, skaller wrote: > On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 11:09 -0400, Brian Hurt wrote: > > > Unortunately, the standard Ocaml solution in a situation like this is to > > implement your own data structure. The good news is that this is easy. > > The bad news is that, because this is easy, there is little pressure on > > the maintainers of Ocaml to add features to the core library. > > Well, I would like to see a community process for selecting, > implementing, documenting and maintaining a set of good algorithms > which go IN THE STANDARD DISTRIBUTION (under the usual LGPL+X licence, > with a disclaimer the code base isn't maintained by Inria, merely > distributed on behalf of the community). > > So Inria should provide the repository, and the Ocaml team has > a final veto on selection .. but the work is done by outside > volunteers. I am quite half-hearted about the idea of an Inrians' veto, despite the fact that, they sure know how to select. However if this could allow extra-Inrians to actually contribute to (and learn) the jewelery, in a more _visible_ and _fast_ way, which is _hardly_ the case currently, why not! Let us be pragmatic. That said... do they have enough manpower for such a peer-review task? > So please would the High Priests of the Cathedral like > to run a little Bazaar for their disciples? Yep, Bazaar or another free software with a distributed repository model. Amen.