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Subject: Re: Problems to get larger user base ... (Re: [Caml-list] OCaml's
 variables)

On 05/30/2013 03:02 PM, Malcolm Matalka wrote:
> No I'm not suggesting building on every machine.  I am suggesting using
> a Build Server, such as Jenkins or Bamboo or Hydra, to build your system
> and package it, then you can deploy it through another mechanism.
>
> Opam generating RPMs (or packages for you) I believe is wrong because:
>
> 1 - There are a lot of options when it comes to building a package.
> What should the init scripts look like?  Where should the various files
> go?  What about configs, etc.  These are issues opam should not concern
> it self with.  On top of that, there are already tools for building a
> RPM packages from a directory structure, such as fpm.
>
> 2 - Which package systems should Opam support?  RPM, Deb?  I use Nix,
> why don't you support me?

Because users of Nix, the purely functional package manager, are
highly suspected of being Haskell lovers when they unveil their
face on caml-list. ;-)