Hi, quick answer without looking into the package in detail:
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 10:39:00PM +0000, Ximin Luo wrote: > Hi all, > > I've packaged 4.03.0 and OCamlbuild in git: > > https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-ocaml-maint/packages/ocaml.git > https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-ocaml-maint/packages/ocamlbuild.git > > They are ready to be released, but I wanted to clarify the following issues > first: Great, thanks for building that package ! > 1. ocaml 4.03.0 splits ocamlbuild into a separate package, which is why this > is now needed for Debian. In ocamlbuild, I have the following line: > > Replaces: libfindlib-ocaml (<< 1.6.2+), ocaml-nox (<< 4.02.3+) > (for libfindlib-ocaml it just replaces /usr/lib/ocaml/ocamlbuild/META) > > but I'm not sure what else is needed like Conflicts/Breaks/Provides etc. I think you also need a Breaks: on these packages > 2. Shall I add a (>= 4.03.0) to the Build-Depends of ocamlbuild? I'm guessing > not; it works with older compilers, but perhaps there are good reasons to, I > don't know. If it builds with older versions of ocaml then there is no need to add that additional constraint. > 3. Should we upload ocamlbuild first, or ocaml 4.03.0 first? This would be part of a general 4.02->4.03 transition. Are there any plans for that ? New versions of packages of the toolchain would be uploaded to experimental, first. > 4. Currently ocamlbuild hard-depends on ocaml-native-compilers, do you have > suggestions for this to work on architectures where it's not available? That would be ocaml-best-compilers, but why do you need that ? ocamlbuild should not be that expensive to build. -Ralf.
