Bug#328422: please add the dh_ocaml debhelper

2005-10-29 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 01:14:17PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Still, the causal requirement that dh_ocaml must be invoked first on the -dev part remains. There are rules files such as debhelper's example rules.multi2 where this is not the case and any package can be built indenpendant of any

Bug#328422: please add the dh_ocaml debhelper

2005-10-28 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 06:43:58PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Well, libXXX-ocaml is just a package on which dh_ocaml has nothing to do. If you like we can add a warning for this case, or, better a warning for all packages on which dh_ocaml has nothing to do. Ok then the problem is someone who

Bug#328422: please add the dh_ocaml debhelper

2005-10-28 Thread Joey Hess
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: Still, the causal requirement that dh_ocaml must be invoked first on the -dev part remains. There are rules files such as debhelper's example rules.multi2 where this is not the case and any package can be built indenpendant of any other, so that is not acceptable.

Bug#328422: please add the dh_ocaml debhelper

2005-10-27 Thread Joey Hess
I've reviewed (and rather extensively modified, see attached diff) this patch. I have the following concerns for including this into debhelper: - The script is too long and complex. It will be a maintenance burden. - Why should dh_ocaml automatically add dependencies from -dev packages to

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2005-10-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
I forgot to Cc: the BTS ... - Forwarded message from Stefano Zacchiroli [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:48:13 +0200 From: Stefano Zacchiroli [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bug#328422: please add the dh_ocaml debhelper On Thu, Oct 27, 2005

Bug#328422: please add the dh_ocaml debhelper

2005-10-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 03:52:34PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: The dh_python script is a) really too long and b) does not require grokking of nested functions with 5 parameters that are also influenced by N globals. I need to be able to understand and maintain everything in debhelper, although

Bug#328422: please add the dh_ocaml debhelper

2005-10-27 Thread Joey Hess
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: Fair enough. You're the maintainer and you have the right to understand each bit of code. So, practically, what do you require from dh_ocaml? You mention globals, but there are no longer globals in dh_ocaml (assuming you mean global variables). Do you have an (even

Bug#328422: please add the dh_ocaml debhelper

2005-09-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Package: debhelper Version: 4.9.8 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch dh_ocaml is a new debhelper developed by me which supports the creation of packages containing OCaml binaries and libraries. Please include it in the debhelper package. Attached you can find a patch against debhelper 4.9.8 which