From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1441BC8C for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:08:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j0GL85Fs030642 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:08:05 +0100 Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA28111 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:08:05 +0100 (MET) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (yquem.inria.fr [128.93.8.37]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j0GL81p3001066; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:08:02 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) In-Reply-To: <20050116133724.GB1467@pegasos> References: <99C2C114-6583-11D9-B72B-000D9345235C@inria.fr> <20050113184137.GA24040@fistandantilus.takhisis.org> <20050113.150239.95895778.garrigue@math.nagoya-u.ac.jp> <20050114133632.GA4923@pegasos> <20050115120719.GB11037@yquem.inria.fr> <20050116133724.GB1467@pegasos> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Damien Doligez Subject: Re: [Caml-list] binary compatibility of 3.08.3 Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:08:01 +0100 To: Sven Luther , debian-ocaml-maint@lists.debian.org, caml users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 41EAD7B5.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 41EAD7B1.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; damien:01 damien:01 caml-list:01 binary:01 sven:01 luther:01 wrote:01 ocaml:01 bugfix:01 binary:01 bugfix:01 ocaml:01 ...:98 doligez:01 doligez:01 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: On Jan 16, 2005, at 14:37, Sven Luther wrote: > Also, we are hoping to release soon, and the debian release manager > will > assuredly not wait for ocaml stuff to rebuild if it is the only thing > missing. > The release delay have hurt enough as it is. [...] > Just forgetting about the fix and include it in the next version of > sarge is > the only sane possibility then. I don't see it as a big problem if you are lagging by one bugfix version. The differences are small anyway, and it's not like 3.08.2 is horribly broken. > Anyway, it would be nice if the breakage would at least be announced > in the > release documentation. Especially if it doesn't touch all the modules > and > libraries, as was the case for 3.08.2. I would have announced it if I had known about it. From now on, I will put a reminder about binary compatibility in the release notes for each bugfix release. > That said, such behavior is a major drawback for using > ocaml in real projects, i believe. I'd say it's a drawback of blind upgrading, which nobody does in a real project anyway. -- Damien