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=AWL 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 CC188BBC1 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:17:41 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AuoBANaF1kdQRFuwh2dsb2JhbACQbwEBAQgKKZp/ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,482,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="23645007" Received: from furbychan.cocan.org ([80.68.91.176]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 11 Mar 2008 21:17:41 +0100 Received: from rich by furbychan.cocan.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JZAuo-0007O4-4L; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:17:38 +0000 Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:17:38 +0000 To: Dario Teixeira Cc: Nicolas Pouillard , Caml_mailing list Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Ocamlbuild with findlib + camlp4 Message-ID: <20080311201737.GA28226@annexia.org> References: <1205230925-sup-3194@ausone.inria.fr> <291305.97847.qm@web54606.mail.re2.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <291305.97847.qm@web54606.mail.re2.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: Richard Jones X-Spam: no; 0.00; findlib:01 camlp:01 syntax:01 packagers:01 findlib:01 camlp:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 latter:03 debian:04 upstream:04 tue:06 red:92 optional:09 meta:89 On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 05:32:48PM +0000, Dario Teixeira wrote: > All that we need now is GODI packages for the most requested syntax > extensions, and to make sure that packagers build compliant META files > (I have noticed that not all GODI packages ship with findlib+camlp4 > compliant META files). Soon, I will write down an OSR formalising > this latter aspect. Yes, getting good META files is important. Debian require them and have done so for ages, and just today I changed the Fedora guidelines so that META files are no longer optional but are required, must be checked by reviewers _and_ must be submitted to upstream developers. I hope this will improve the quality of META files. Rich. -- Richard Jones Red Hat