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=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none 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 86081BC69 for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:37:19 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAABLcREfAXQInh2dsb2JhbACBW41VAQgKKQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,450,1188770400"; d="scan'208";a="4497776" Received: from concorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.39]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 22 Nov 2007 10:37:19 +0100 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lAM9bHIS017118 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:37:19 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAIrcREeCiAFllWdsb2JhbACBW41VAQEHCik X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,450,1188770400"; d="scan'208";a="4776696" Received: from lea.cs.unibo.it ([130.136.1.101]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 22 Nov 2007 10:37:16 +0100 Received: from aquarium.takhisis.invalid (dotto.cs.unibo.it [130.136.4.180]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lea.cs.unibo.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74FF019B77 for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:37:16 +0100 (CET) Received: by aquarium.takhisis.invalid (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 998FE1254D2; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:37:14 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:37:14 +0100 From: Stefano Zacchiroli To: Inria Ocaml Mailing List Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Camlp5 release 5.03 Message-ID: <20071122093714.GB27809@takhisis.invalid> Mail-Followup-To: Inria Ocaml Mailing List References: <20071120095222.GA12460@yquem.inria.fr> <1195558393.6085.9.camel@Blefuscu> <20071121171947.GA17695@furbychan.cocan.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071121171947.GA17695@furbychan.cocan.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 47454DCD.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; zacchiroli:01 zack:01 camlp:01 camlp:01 ocaml:01 cheers:01 zacchiroli:01 zack:01 unibo:01 5.03:98 wrote:01 compiles:01 caml-list:01 modifying:02 debian:04 On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 05:19:48PM +0000, Richard Jones wrote: > If you had a package which depends on camlp4 in 3.09.3, you need to > modify it so it compiles with OCaml 3.10. An alternative which > doesn't involve modifying your package is to install camlp5. That's not true. Camlp5 had its normal evolution as a software project and, as it happens to avoid hindering software evolution, has also introduced non backward compatible changes. In several case it is simply not a drop-in replacement for the camlp4 pre-3.10. Still, the non backward compatible changes are (in my experience) well documented by Daniel, and it's easier to forward port applications from camlp4 pre-3.10 to camlp5 than to make the jump from camlp4 pre-3.10 to camlp4 3.10. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ............... now what? zack@{cs.unibo.it,debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ? /\ All one has to do is hit the (15:57:15) Bac: no, la demo scema \/ right keys at the right time