Le 27/10/2020 à 16:31, Pino Toscano a écrit : >>>> ocaml and ocaml-base are basically empty now that graphics has moved to >>>> a separate source package (ocaml-graphics). I am planning to turn >>>> ocaml-nox and ocaml-base-nox into transitional packages and move >>>> everything to ocaml and ocaml-base, but that's for later (after the >>>> transition is over, for sure). >>> >>> OK, so I guess they should not be used anymore e.g. in upstream CI >>> systems? >> >> I don't understand. What do you mean by "they"? And upstream CI does not >> use Debian packages, does it? > > Sorry, "they" means the ocaml-nox and ocaml-base-nox packages that you > plan to make transitional. > > To expand a bit more: there are upstream CIs (e.g. libvirt) that test > on different distros including Debian, using as much as distro packages > as possible. In the context of OCaml packages, libvirt-ocaml is tested > there.
OK. There is time before ocaml-nox and ocaml-base-nox are dropped! It won't happen before bullseye+1. >>>> Meanwhile, I will apply and upload your patch when the ocaml transition >>>> is over (unless there is a strong argument that it should be done before). >>> >>> TBH, I was slightly surprised that apparently nothing broke because of >>> this, as there are sources that do not build-depend on ocaml-nox (only >>> ocaml). >> >> This would only happen for a package that does not depend on any >> external library, as library -dev packages usually depend on ocaml-nox-$ABI. > > Right. I'm surprised there is no such case in the archive. > >>> Regarding the transition: it looks like there is not much activity from >>> the LLVM people... so I'd ask for an upload, since it will still be >>> stuck waiting anyway. >> >> OK. > > Thanks! Uploaded. Cheers, -- Stéphane
