[bug#58174] [PATCH 1/3] gnu: Add ocaml-domain-name.

[zimoun]

Hi,

On Tue, 22 Nov 2022 at 10:01, Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> wrote:

> I'm fine with mirage specific stuff going in a mirage module, my issue
> is that these first packages are not mirage specific, so I'd like to see
> the separate module be more general (e.g. about networking), or for them
> to just go in the ocaml module.

Indeed, these 3 packages should be in (gnu packages ocaml) to be
consistent with the current organization––MirageOS packages are already
in this module:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
./ocaml.scm:1169:            (url "https://github.com/mirage/bigarray-compat";)
./ocaml.scm:1587:              (url "https://github.com/mirage/ocaml-base64";)
./ocaml.scm:2448:           (url "https://github.com/mirage/alcotest";)
./ocaml.scm:2595:            (url "https://github.com/mirage/mmap";)
./ocaml.scm:3807:              (url "https://github.com/mirage/ocaml-cstruct";)
./ocaml.scm:3822:            (url "https://github.com/mirage/ocaml-hex";)
./ocaml.scm:3847:    (url "https://github.com/mirage/ezjsonm";)
./ocaml.scm:3902:    (url "https://github.com/mirage/ocaml-uri";)
./ocaml.scm:8149:      (url "https://github.com/mirage/either";)
./ocaml.scm:8428:     (url "https://github.com/mirage/ocaml-cohttp";)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---


About an OCaml module restructure: Well, in the module (gnu packages
ocaml), I count 291 packages, from compilers to standalone program
(unison) or libraries (ocaml-<something>).

IMHO, to be consistent with other build system, the structure should be:

 - (gnu packages ocaml): contains OCaml compilers and toolchain
 - (gnu packages ocaml-xyz): contains libraries and standalone program
 - and maybe other (gnu packages ocaml-<subtopic>)?

OCaml team, WDYT?

Cheers,
simon