Re: [Caml-list] OCaml maintenance status / community fork

[Benedikt Meurer <benedikt.meurer@googlemail.com>]

On Dec 6, 2011, at 10:31 , rixed@happyleptic.org wrote:

> The problem with this proposition as stated, in my opinion, is that
> the original fork is very easy to do but the following review/release
> processes asks for more volunteers time.

I'm willing to spend time and knowledge, and I hope others are also willing to do so, that's what my mail is about to some degree.

> Why not concentrate on a fork that's already there with plenty of
> patches, for instance this one :
> 
> https://github.com/thelema/ocaml-community
> 
> and roll a first release out of it ?

As mentioned there are various forks, we also have several forks of our own. I'm not proposing to add just another fork with 1-2 contributors, but I'm proposing to join forces on a single OCaml community project with a clear goal (the other forks can continue to exist and work on their respective goals with merging into ocaml-ng from time to time, i.e. when a milestone is reached).

Benedikt