From: moosotc@gmail.com
To: Tuncer Ayaz <tuncer.ayaz@gmail.com>
Cc: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] [ANNOUNCE] llpp v23
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 07:22:14 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8737ikf8jt.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOvwQ4j4S=6quTF0dmA=J_-4Jpx+f1bMnBRGFx3VW24=XTD9TA@mail.gmail.com> (Tuncer Ayaz's message of "Tue, 22 Nov 2016 04:12:57 +0100")
Tuncer Ayaz <tuncer.ayaz@gmail.com> writes:
> On 21 November 2016 at 16:49, <moosotc@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> New version of llpp (tagged v23) is now available at:
>> * http://repo.or.cz/w/llpp.git (has "tutorial" videos)
>> * https://github.com/moosotc/llpp/ (has a bugtracker)
>
> [...]
>
>> Diffstat v22..v23
>> .dir-locals.el | 2 +-
>> .gitignore | 5 +-
>> BUILDING | 10 +-
>> KEYS | 9 +-
>> Build.hs => Shakefile.hs | 103 ++--
>
> I like and use Shake myself, but I wish we could use Jenga instead of
> Shake in order to limit the needed toolchains at build time. However,
> it seems that for the moment macOS and Windows support would be
> problematic if we relied on Jenga, if I remember moosotc's explanation
> correctly. I don't have access to Windows or macOS, so the only
> problem I know is that polling mode isn't implemented on macOS, which
> is only important for regular developers of llpp and if they're primarily
> working on macOS.
>
> You can of course argue that having to install opam and jenga before
> building llpp isn't more reliable or less complex than shake (the
> Haskell library and executable), but from experience I'd say it's at
> most an equally big requirement with similar potential for build
> errors trying to install it.
>
> I'm just mentioning it in this content and forum to try and see if the
> situation has improved or what it would take. Nothing wrong with shake,
> it just would be nice to use an existing OCaml equivalent.
It would indeed, but all my objections to jenga still stand :(
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