Re: [Caml-list] How to fail to install Ocaml in 18 steps

["Stéphane Glondu" <steph@glondu.net>]

Le 16/11/2011 00:19, Dmitry Grebeniuk a écrit :
> [...] it's easier to maintain a specified set of
> software for all OSes I use than to require bugfixes
> for all OCaml packages on every platform.
> The "real work" requires bugs to be fixed as soon
> as possible, and it's easier to fix bugs with simple
> patches right now (hour/day), than to talk with all
> maintainers of all OS packages/ports (days...),
> and then let them talk with upstream (more days...),
> then waiting for the upstream fix (weeks...), then
> waiting for new package version in OS
> (weeks/months...).  Even in the ideal conditions,
> it tooks at least 2..10 days, it's unacceptable for
> some kinds of OCaml developement.)

Your singling out of "OS packages/ports" here is misleading. Your whole
paragraph applies to all software distributions as well, be it OS-level,
domain-specific or a single project, and including your own: a user of
your software will be subject to the same frustration that you are
describing here with "OS packages/ports"... even (and I would even say,
especially) if you are upstream.

-- 
Stéphane