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

[Yamagata Y. <yor...@mb...>]

From: "Nicolas Cannasse" <war...@fr...>
Subject: Re: [Ocaml-lib-devel] Future of ExtLib
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 11:15:45 +0100

> 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...

OK.  I follow your decision.  However, there is still issue of name
collision of modules.  I'd like to propose doing optionally -pack the
module for a name chosen by a user.

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Yamagata Yoriyuki