Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-06 Thread David Brown
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 10:10:20AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:42:16AM -0800, David Brown wrote: > > I did a 'dpkg -s ocaml' and it reported it as non-free/devel. I don't > > know why it is reporting that for 3.06. It doesn't on another machine > > that I have. >

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-06 Thread David Brown
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 10:10:20AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:42:16AM -0800, David Brown wrote: > > I did a 'dpkg -s ocaml' and it reported it as non-free/devel. I don't > > know why it is reporting that for 3.06. It doesn't on another machine > > that I have. >

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-06 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:42:16AM -0800, David Brown wrote: > I did a 'dpkg -s ocaml' and it reported it as non-free/devel. I don't > know why it is reporting that for 3.06. It doesn't on another machine > that I have. 'dpkg -s' dumps information from the database of _installed_ packages 'dpkg

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-06 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:42:16AM -0800, David Brown wrote: > I did a 'dpkg -s ocaml' and it reported it as non-free/devel. I don't > know why it is reporting that for 3.06. It doesn't on another machine > that I have. 'dpkg -s' dumps information from the database of _installed_ packages 'dpkg

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:42:16AM -0800, David Brown wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 04:31:09PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > Err, what are you speaking about ? both ocaml and coq are in main, and > > > this since i took over maintainership in 98, well, at least since > > > shortly thereafte

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread David Brown
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 04:31:09PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > Err, what are you speaking about ? both ocaml and coq are in main, and > > this since i took over maintainership in 98, well, at least since > > shortly thereafter, don't remember well. There still was some issues, > > but they were

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:42:16AM -0800, David Brown wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 04:31:09PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > Err, what are you speaking about ? both ocaml and coq are in main, and > > > this since i took over maintainership in 98, well, at least since > > > shortly thereafte

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread David Brown
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 04:31:09PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > Err, what are you speaking about ? both ocaml and coq are in main, and > > this since i took over maintainership in 98, well, at least since > > shortly thereafter, don't remember well. There still was some issues, > > but they were

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 04:16:24PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 06:32:16AM -0800, David Brown wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 08:15:27AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > > Now, another problem is that a coq/ocaml solution is something very very > > > remote from what deb

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 06:32:16AM -0800, David Brown wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 08:15:27AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Now, another problem is that a coq/ocaml solution is something very very > > remote from what debian developpers are used to, and the step to entry > > for people to wo

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread Remi VANICAT
David Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 08:15:27AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > >> Now, another problem is that a coq/ocaml solution is something very very >> remote from what debian developpers are used to, and the step to entry >> for people to work on it and do modifica

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread David Brown
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 08:15:27AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > Now, another problem is that a coq/ocaml solution is something very very > remote from what debian developpers are used to, and the step to entry > for people to work on it and do modification and bug fixes (or more > probably new feat

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 04:16:24PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 06:32:16AM -0800, David Brown wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 08:15:27AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > > Now, another problem is that a coq/ocaml solution is something very very > > > remote from what deb

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 08:15:27AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > Also, i guess it could be possible to do things in a memory friendly way > in ocaml, controling the GC more strictly and such, but i have no > experience about those. I guess people running ocaml on iPAQs or on > embedded boxes could gi

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 06:32:16AM -0800, David Brown wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 08:15:27AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Now, another problem is that a coq/ocaml solution is something very very > > remote from what debian developpers are used to, and the step to entry > > for people to wo

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread Remi VANICAT
David Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 08:15:27AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > >> Now, another problem is that a coq/ocaml solution is something very very >> remote from what debian developpers are used to, and the step to entry >> for people to work on it and do modifica

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:58:58AM +0100, Claudio Sacerdoti Coen wrote: > Hi, > > > Well, i am not really a coq user, so i don't know if this is actually > > feasible. I was told it is possible though. > > well, as a Coq user I think that it is _A_LOT_ of work to do that. Moreover: > > 1. d

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread sylvain . le-gall
Claudio Sacerdoti Coen writes: Hi, Well, i am not really a coq user, so i don't know if this is actually feasible. I was told it is possible though. well, as a Coq user I think that it is _A_LOT_ of work to do that. Moreover: 1. dpkg is not really a critical application (no lost of h

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread David Brown
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 08:15:27AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > Now, another problem is that a coq/ocaml solution is something very very > remote from what debian developpers are used to, and the step to entry > for people to work on it and do modification and bug fixes (or more > probably new feat

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 08:15:27AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > Also, i guess it could be possible to do things in a memory friendly way > in ocaml, controling the GC more strictly and such, but i have no > experience about those. I guess people running ocaml on iPAQs or on > embedded boxes could gi

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:58:58AM +0100, Claudio Sacerdoti Coen wrote: > Hi, > > > Well, i am not really a coq user, so i don't know if this is actually > > feasible. I was told it is possible though. > > well, as a Coq user I think that it is _A_LOT_ of work to do that. Moreover: > > 1. d

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread sylvain . le-gall
Claudio Sacerdoti Coen writes: Hi, Well, i am not really a coq user, so i don't know if this is actually feasible. I was told it is possible though. well, as a Coq user I think that it is _A_LOT_ of work to do that. Moreover: 1. dpkg is not really a critical application (no lost of huma

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread Claudio Sacerdoti Coen
Hi, > Well, i am not really a coq user, so i don't know if this is actually > feasible. I was told it is possible though. well, as a Coq user I think that it is _A_LOT_ of work to do that. Moreover: 1. dpkg is not really a critical application (no lost of human lifes, no lost of money

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread Claudio Sacerdoti Coen
Hi, > Well, i am not really a coq user, so i don't know if this is actually > feasible. I was told it is possible though. well, as a Coq user I think that it is _A_LOT_ of work to do that. Moreover: 1. dpkg is not really a critical application (no lost of human lifes, no lost of money

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 10:14:54PM +0100, Sylvain LE GALL wrote: > Hello all, > > I don't post very often on this list. But a thread join one of my idea : > rebuilding dpkg in ocaml. > > I see some arguments against : > - need to control memory Well, actually the m

Re: Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-04 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 10:14:54PM +0100, Sylvain LE GALL wrote: > Hello all, > > I don't post very often on this list. But a thread join one of my idea : > rebuilding dpkg in ocaml. > > I see some arguments against : > - need to control memory Well, actually the m

Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-04 Thread Sylvain LE GALL
Hello all, I don't post very often on this list. But a thread join one of my idea : rebuilding dpkg in ocaml. I see some arguments against : - need to control memory And some arguments pro : - coq proof. In fact, from my point of view, ocaml is a very good language to do clean code. My

Dpkg in Ocaml

2002-12-04 Thread Sylvain LE GALL
Hello all, I don't post very often on this list. But a thread join one of my idea : rebuilding dpkg in ocaml. I see some arguments against : - need to control memory And some arguments pro : - coq proof. In fact, from my point of view, ocaml is a very good language to do clean code. My