We had some discussion here, but there's still some work to do: https://github.com/Ekdohibs/camlboot/issues/59
Le 3 mai 2023 23:15:49 GMT+02:00, "Ludovic Courtès" <l...@gnu.org> a écrit : >Hello, > >Simon Tournier <zimon.touto...@gmail.com> skribis: > >> Well, 4.07 is the version that is de-bootstrapped, i.e. bootstrapped >> using ’camlboot’ via Guile – for details see [2]. >> >> However, higher versions (4.09, 4.14, 5) does not use this seed and thus >> they are not de-bootstrapped. Well, I do not know the status upstream; >> from my point of view, we have two options: >> >> a) Agree with other distros and OCaml folks to rely on a common OCaml >> 4.07 bootstrapped using camlboot and then use this OCaml 4.07 as the >> seed for the subsequent versions. Somehow having a way to verify the >> current OCaml compiler without running again and again via camlboot. >> >> b) Build ourselves a chain from 4.07 bootstrapped with camlboot to >> modern OCaml compilers. However, each time we modify one dependency of >> camlboot, it means rebuild the complete chain. Well, bootstrapping via >> camlboot can be very slow and I do not know if we have the resources >> for non-x86_64 architecture. Here, the list of the emerged >> dependencies: > >Julien, do you happen to know if there are plans to make camlboot more >capable so it can be used to build newer versions of OCaml? Maybe >something to discuss with Nathanaëlle Courant and Gabriel Scherer? > >Ludo’.
