Le Wed, 11 Jan 2023 20:05:58 +0100, Simon Tournier <zimon.touto...@gmail.com> a écrit :
> Hi, > > Maybe it is time for ocaml-xzy.scm. :-) > > Currently, the file gnu/packages/ocaml.scm contains 315 define-public. > Maybe, it would make sense to have: > > + ocaml.scm for compiler and essentials (as ocaml-findlib or dune) > + ocaml-xyz.scm for ocaml-<foo> packages > + ocaml-apps.scm for standalone program written in OCaml as unison, > ocamlmod, etc > + ocaml-legacy.scm for the old ocaml4.0x things > > WDYT? Sounds good to me. Are you planning to work on a patch? > > Well, with the question of the new ocaml5 thing. :-) > > Trying to package some OCaml, I note that the OCaml package named > camlzip is not prefixed with ’ocaml-’ although it can only be used as > a library, IIUC. > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > $ tree $(guix build camlzip) > /gnu/store/r7p7azlfwrjs5c6kbwb50pvlqxi4k776-camlzip-1.11 > ├── bin > ├── lib > │ └── ocaml > │ └── site-lib > │ ├── camlzip > │ │ └── META > │ └── zip > │ ├── dllcamlzip.so > │ ├── gzip.cmi > │ ├── gzip.cmt > │ ├── gzip.cmti > │ ├── gzip.cmx > │ ├── gzip.mli > │ ├── libcamlzip.a > │ ├── META > │ ├── zip.a > │ ├── zip.cma > │ ├── zip.cmi > │ ├── zip.cmt > │ ├── zip.cmti > │ ├── zip.cmx > │ ├── zip.cmxa > │ ├── zip.cmxs > │ ├── zip.mli > │ ├── zlib.cmi > │ ├── zlib.cmt > │ ├── zlib.cmti > │ ├── zlib.cmx > │ └── zlib.mli > └── share > └── doc > └── camlzip-1.11 > └── LICENSE > > 9 directories, 24 files > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Moreover, “guix import opam -r camlzip” returns, > > (define-public ocaml-camlzip > (package > (name "ocaml-camlzip") > > Well, therefore I would be expecting ocaml-camlzip to be consistent > with the Guix naming convention. And with this large > gnu/packages/ocaml.scm file containing all the OCaml related stuff, I > am guessing that it’s time to reorganize a bit. WDYT? We can rename camlzip :) > > Cheers, > simon
