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 mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A864DBB84 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:16:20 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aj0DADv83EjAXQImiGdsb2JhbACTLAEBARUiqSADgWM X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,316,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="17813513" Received: from discorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.38]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 27 Sep 2008 00:16:20 +0200 Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m8QMGJJH015718 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:16:20 +0200 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AhsBAP/73EjLOwFrhmdsb2JhbACTLAEBAQoLCAcTBKkZA4Fj X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,316,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="29638210" Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out2.iinet.net.au ([203.59.1.107]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 27 Sep 2008 00:16:18 +0200 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAJj73EjLzuai/2dsb2JhbAC9AgOBYw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,316,1220198400"; d="scan'208";a="377841771" Received: from unknown (HELO hendrix.mega-nerd.net) ([203.206.230.162]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out2.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 27 Sep 2008 06:16:15 +0800 Received: from hendrix (hendrix [192.168.200.99]) by hendrix.mega-nerd.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 93B92AD65D for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:16:15 +1000 (EST) Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:16:15 +1000 From: Erik de Castro Lopo To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Teaching ocaml programming Message-Id: <20080927081615.555ef5b1.mle+ocaml@mega-nerd.com> In-Reply-To: <20080926165211.GA9490@annexia.org> References: <48DCC7B8.4070700@fmf.uni-lj.si> <48DCDF9D.6040401@inescporto.pt> <48DCE49F.7000604@fmf.uni-lj.si> <74cabd9e0809260915v675c31w584653d597b7d92f@mail.gmail.com> <20080926165211.GA9490@annexia.org> Reply-To: caml-list@inria.fr Organization: Erik Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.9; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 48DD5F33.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ocaml:01 ubuntu:98 ubuntu:98 pulled:98 psychiatry:98 wrote:01 maintainers:01 caml-list:01 programming:03 debian:04 debian:04 erik:04 erik:04 compiled:04 Richard Jones wrote: > Ubuntu's OCaml support is very flaky. Sorry, this is not true. In my day job we have an embedded device which is currently built on top of Ubuntu Dapper and which we're in the process of moving to Ubuntu Hardy. With Dapper there was one flaky package, libcairo-ocaml-dev for which we pulled the source package from Ubuntu Edgy and compiled for Dapper. Our Dapper and Hardy systems then have about a dozen utilities, tools and daemons written in Ocaml. This experience has been a complete joy. My manager who started as an Ocaml sceptic is a lot less sceptical now. > They don't have developers > committed to it and take a random snapshot of what's in Debian. A huge amount of kudos to the Debian Ocaml Maintainers. They do an fantastic job. However, you are seriously overstating any problems Ubuntu may have at least with regard to the LTS (long term support) releases. Erik -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Cunnilinugus and psychiatry brought us to this." -- Tony Soprano in HBO's "the Sopranos"