From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by walapai.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id pB8ASsZQ018817 for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:28:54 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ai0BAOOP4E7RVdY2kGdsb2JhbABDql0IIgEBAQEJCQ0HFAQhgXIBAQEBAgESAiwBATcBBAsLEgYcEjQBBQEODgYTFAcHh2UCmiYKijOEHAGNeAeKWGOiXz2Deg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.71,319,1320620400"; d="scan'208";a="122563504" Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com ([209.85.214.54]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/RC4-SHA; 08 Dec 2011 11:28:49 +0100 Received: by bkbzv15 with SMTP id zv15so2257526bkb.27 for ; Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:28:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=4UxnY38VxZNER3HZI44nhKfSA2b7jFQdxgHN79cFy8A=; b=e4KF1NceynUT+mhQpnXOXIRInMM/uCYQEf4CcbwbwhQLBRl1T59x5n4axmdR/BHm+6 h7X9izS0t2Mf/nutQitBM8eBkaxTb77XZS6x08GVP3tixXK86x5VfpNSqIrMD4jKlvKk 0emZ/PpekpIGWY34/CTjU6jgxnmXU9/r8sbuE= Received: by 10.205.122.138 with SMTP id gg10mr1170684bkc.94.1323340128801; Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:28:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from coruscant.kosmos.all (ip-95-223-170-32.unitymediagroup.de. [95.223.170.32]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id zv9sm2649038bkb.0.2011.12.08.02.28.46 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:28:47 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 From: Benedikt Meurer In-Reply-To: <4EE08955.30207@frisch.fr> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:28:45 +0100 Cc: caml users , caml@inria.fr Message-Id: References: <55531934-37A5-4CC5-AB67-20CE4CCE8269@googlemail.com> <4EE08955.30207@frisch.fr> To: Alain Frisch X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by walapai.inria.fr id pB8ASsZQ018817 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml maintenance status / community fork (again) On Dec 8, 2011, at 10:54 , Alain Frisch wrote: > On 12/08/2011 10:10 AM, Benedikt Meurer wrote: >> There were already a few useful comments on the topic, but no statement from the current INRIA officials. Opening up the development of OCaml is a great suggestion, for example. Personally I'd even suggest to disconnect OCaml and INRIA, with an independent team of core maintainers (with appropriate spare time and knowledge). INRIA would still contribute to OCaml, but no longer control OCaml. > > Honestly, opening up the development of OCaml would be terrific; but trying to disconnect it from INRIA sounds like a very bad idea to me. > > Concerning the issues with the ARM port, there is no chance to get a good support for this architecture (which includes accepting patches) without someone in the core team who feels responsible for the port and commits to maintaining it. You might want to create a new "core team" completely disconnected from INRIA, but the problem would remain the same (I don't believe in a completely decentralized development model for something like OCaml). The problem is IMHO that there is no one at INRIA caring about ARM. In an open model we would have maintainers for the ARM port(s). > Instead, I'd suggest contacting the existing core team (caml@inria.fr) in order to find a solution. I wasn't aware that there is a separate communication channel for the core team. I was under the impression that the caml-list was the best way to reach both the core team and the community. > Best regards, > Alain greets, Benedikt