[Build-common-hackers] Bug#387299: please add a class for OCaml related packages

[Stefano Zacchiroli]

Package: cdbs
Version: 0.4.46
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Subject: cdbs: add a class for OCaml related packages
Package: cdbs
Version: 0.4.46
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

I wrote a (draft version of) CDBS class for OCaml related packages (we
have quite a lot of them, see [1] for an incomplete list).

It comes in two files: ocaml.mk and ocaml-vars.mk. They are both
attached.  With this bug report I'm both asking for inclusion of the
class in CDBS and requesting comments from the CDBS gurus on how I
implemented it.

Besides: how is development of external classes (like gnome, ocaml, ...)
handled in CDBS? Let's say ocaml.mk got accepted and then I need to
change it, should I submit a bug report or do you usually accept members
of the external teams in the cdbs team so that they can commit to your
repo?

Many thanks in advance guys,
CDBS rocks!

[1] http://pkg-ocaml-maint.alioth.debian.org/

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
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  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-686
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

cdbs depends on no packages.

Versions of packages cdbs recommends:
ii  autotools-dev                 20060702.1 Update infrastructure for config.{
ii  debhelper                     5.0.37.3   helper programs for debian/rules

-- no debconf information

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-686
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

cdbs depends on no packages.

Versions of packages cdbs recommends:
ii  autotools-dev                 20060702.1 Update infrastructure for config.{
ii  debhelper                     5.0.37.3   helper programs for debian/rules

-- no debconf information