Re: AW: [Caml-list] GODI is shutting down

[Gabriel Scherer <gabriel.scherer@gmail.com>]

> However, the main problem (the one I wanted to point out) still remains: every time you want to fix a constraint you have to change your _oasis, modify the package tarball, and make a new release -- which means you can never fix constraints on already released packages. But I guess in this case, it's fine if the _oasis and OPAM files are not in sync.

You could include a patch against the _oasis file in the OPAM (or
GODI) metadata.

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:25 PM, Thomas Gazagnaire <thomas@ocamlpro.com> wrote:
>> Oasis may are may not become the standard OCaml package specification
>> tool, but it is widely used so I think it's fair if it is better
>> supported by OPAM than alternatives.
>
> Right, this is indeed a feature requested by many people, than I can hear. This is tracked and discussed in [1] and I'm fine to try to implement the proposed solution in 1.1 (I've just updated the issue's release target).
>
> [1] https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam/issues/156
>
>> It really shouldn't be that hard to automate the
>> process of updating OPAM metadata (including version constraints)
>> based on changes in Oasis package specifications.
>
> A substantial amount of work has already been done by Christophe Troestler to automate the conversion of _oasis  into OPAM files:
>
>     $ opam install oasis2opam
>
> I'm sure this can be completed to automate the pull-request machinery as well.
>
> However, the main problem (the one I wanted to point out) still remains: every time you want to fix a constraint you have to change your _oasis, modify the package tarball, and make a new release -- which means you can never fix constraints on already released packages. But I guess in this case, it's fine if the _oasis and OPAM files are not in sync.
>
> [2] https://github.com/ocaml/oasis2opam
>
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> Thomas
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