Re: Time for ocaml-xzy.scm and reorganizing OCaml packages?

[Julien Lepiller]

Le Wed, 11 Jan 2023 20:05:58 +0100,
Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@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