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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46A2BBC8A for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:29:45 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAIYWZkfAXQInh2dsb2JhbACQBQEBAQgKKZk8 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.24,176,1196636400"; d="scan'208";a="20409781" Received: from concorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.39]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 17 Dec 2007 15:29:44 +0100 Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lBHETcJ9006631 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:29:44 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAPMWZkdQRFuw/2dsb2JhbACpeQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.24,176,1196636400"; d="scan'208";a="6919971" Received: from furbychan.cocan.org ([80.68.91.176]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 17 Dec 2007 15:29:41 +0100 Received: from rich by furbychan.cocan.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1J4GyD-0005AZ-00; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:29:25 +0000 Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:29:25 +0000 To: Berke Durak Cc: Sylvain Le Gall , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: Installing libraries ? Message-ID: <20071217142925.GA14692@furbychan.cocan.org> References: <1197848427.6258.42.camel@Blefuscu> <1197892563-sup-1822@ausone.inria.fr> <001101c840ac$d16ccc20$6402a8c0@countertenor> <47668416.7000502@exalead.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47668416.7000502@exalead.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: Richard Jones X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 476687D2.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; 0100,:01 berke:01 durak:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 compilation:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 span:97 languages:03 programming:03 proposals:05 dec:05 implement:06 i'd:06 On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 03:13:42PM +0100, Berke Durak wrote: > Unlike most programming languages of similar magnitude, Ocaml doesn't > have a developer conference where its users could meet face-to-face and > discuss these kind of things... (or did I miss something?) If not, we > should organize one. > > Ocaml users span half a dozen continents but we could start with a small > gathering in Paris. I'd suggest late January. > > We could then discuss distribution, building, packaging and other > issues; and publish guidelines for a "request for implementation" -- > things we would like to see in an integrated compilation and package > manager. > > People would then implement different solutions and we could gather two > months later to evaluate the proposals. +1 ... Rich. -- Richard Jones Red Hat