On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 12:31:07 +0100
"Gerd Stolpmann" <info@gerd-stolpmann.de> wrote:

> 
> > I would like to comment on a tangential aspect of the rationale you
> > gave:
> >
> >> Given that OCaml is such a nice language with a lot of useful
> >> frameworks available,
> >> it is too sad to see it loosing ground just because of it's closed
> >> development process
> >> and lack of time of the official team.
> 
> I'm quite reluctant to discuss topics about the said decline of
> something. However, there is certainly a point here. I have my own
> theory - basically the users with FP knowledge have now more options
> (e.g. F# or the JVM-based FP languages like Scala), and so the
> "share" for Ocaml is decreasing. This has nothing to do with the
> language.

It's not an issue for OCaml development, it's an issue for newcomers.
The main issue is : OCaml community do not have a fucking clue of what
a codeflow really *is*. 

Never ever seen a commit only list on all of the OCaml projects seen so
far. Never ever seen a patches flow working (via BTS or mail). Never
read a well documented commit comment. Never read a comment on a patch
or a commit. 

And you want hackers to be implicate in the OCaml development
process with not even a working and documented codeflow, the first
and essential brick any FOSS project just all share ? 

Cheers.

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