Re: [Ocaml-lib-devel] Future of ExtLib

[Nicolas C. <war...@fr...>]

> Before anything, I'd like to mention the recent exchange about another
> "extlib" in the caml-list and others.  I'm little embarrassed in the
> current situation.  If I remember correctly, another "extlib" is older
> than ours, so, in my opinion, we have to change the name.  Whatever
> reasons there are, we have to give a due credit to the previous work.
> If we are going to change the nature of our library, then it is a good
> opportunity to change the name.

I'll answer this one separatly.
Shawn Wagner actually have a library known has ExtLib.
He contacted me directly when we first released "our" ExtLib in order to ask
if we were planing to change the name. I answered no. The reason was that :
- no announcement of his library have been made on the official caml list
- it was not registered in the Humps
The first info I found concerning Shawn ExtLib was on 6 Jul 2003, at this
time we were actively working to release 1.0.
I'm not sure that the first released hold the name (or tomorrow I'll feel
like releasing some "Longhorn" software !-)
IMHO, there is nothing to change, having a name conflict is okay as long as
the people can make the difference, and I think we have more user than other
Extlib. But if most of people here agree to change the name, then let's do
so...

Regards,
Nicolas Cannasse