* [bug#47768] ocaml - how can we get more recent version of core-kernel and common ppx'es
2021-05-18 20:29 ` [bug#47768] ocaml - how can we get more recent version of core-kernel and common ppx'es pukkamustard
@ 2021-05-18 20:58 ` erikl
2021-05-29 22:01 ` Erik
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From: erikl @ 2021-05-18 20:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pukkamustard; +Cc: guix-devel, 47768
Great, this is exactly what I was hoping to find! I had of course forgotten to search the debbugs and in the devel mailing list there were only really old threads about the 4.07 stuff.
Thanks for your work here, I will test your patches and let you know :)
Sent from my iPhone
> On 18 May 2021, at 22:38, pukkamustard <pukkamustard@posteo.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Erik,
>
> There has been some work towards updating the OCaml packages in Guix (see https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47768).
>
> A lot of packages have been updated so that there is a now an updated ocaml-X package for a previously existing ocaml4.07-X package. This includes a lot of ppx'es. However not everything has been updated yet and there are still a few packages missing to be able to update ocaml-core-kernel. But maybe you could use the #47768 as a basis and update some packages towards ocaml-core-kernel?
>
> Help is also required in reviewing the patches. The series has become quite large and hard to review (42 patches). If you could try them out that would be great.
>
> -pukkamustard
>
>
> Erik <erikl@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> Hi, I have a project that requires a more recent core-kernel and some of the
>> ppx'es (such as ppx_fields_conv).
>>
>> Being very new to guix I've managed to add/update packages for python and ruby
>> stuff, but this ocaml.scm file is quite different. There's a lot going on which
>> I'm guessing is related to complexities arising from the whole ppx transition
>> that happened in the ocaml ecosystem a few years ago, or perhaps just to the
>> somewhat unsynchronized way libraries move to new versions of the compiler and
>> libs (just speculating here).
>>
>> Anyway afaict (with my limited guix-fu) I would either need to duplicate a whole
>> lot of packages or somehow reorganize things to share definitions where it makes
>> sense. Both those options would require some coordination with the people who
>> made the ocaml.scm infrastructure first, because clearly there are projects out
>> there that need the current set of packages to work like they do now and I don't
>> want to just post a huge patch that surprises these people.
>>
>> Can we get a thread going somewhere on adding a recent version of
>> ocaml-core-kernel (for the 4.11.1 ocaml package, possibly bumping that to 4.11.2 in the process)?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Erik Lovlie
>
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* [bug#47768] ocaml - how can we get more recent version of core-kernel and common ppx'es
2021-05-18 20:29 ` [bug#47768] ocaml - how can we get more recent version of core-kernel and common ppx'es pukkamustard
2021-05-18 20:58 ` erikl
@ 2021-05-29 22:01 ` Erik
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Erik @ 2021-05-29 22:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pukkamustard; +Cc: guix-devel, 47768
I have now applied the patches locally and tested a handful of the
updated packages, and things appear to be working fine for me. Thanks a
lot for doing this!
What is the process for getting these patches commited to master? Do we
need someone to test that the patches didn't break any existing package?
/Erik
On 18.05.2021 22:29, pukkamustard wrote:
> Hi Erik,
>
> There has been some work towards updating the OCaml packages in Guix
> (see https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47768).
>
> A lot of packages have been updated so that there is a now an updated
> ocaml-X package for a previously existing ocaml4.07-X package. This
> includes a lot of ppx'es. However not everything has been updated yet
> and there are still a few packages missing to be able to update
> ocaml-core-kernel. But maybe you could use the #47768 as a basis and
> update some packages towards ocaml-core-kernel?
>
> Help is also required in reviewing the patches. The series has become
> quite large and hard to review (42 patches). If you could try them out
> that would be great.
>
> -pukkamustard
>
>
> Erik <erikl@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> Hi, I have a project that requires a more recent core-kernel and some
>> of the
>> ppx'es (such as ppx_fields_conv).
>>
>> Being very new to guix I've managed to add/update packages for python
>> and ruby
>> stuff, but this ocaml.scm file is quite different. There's a lot going
>> on which
>> I'm guessing is related to complexities arising from the whole ppx
>> transition
>> that happened in the ocaml ecosystem a few years ago, or perhaps just
>> to the
>> somewhat unsynchronized way libraries move to new versions of the
>> compiler and
>> libs (just speculating here).
>>
>> Anyway afaict (with my limited guix-fu) I would either need to
>> duplicate a whole
>> lot of packages or somehow reorganize things to share definitions
>> where it makes
>> sense. Both those options would require some coordination with the
>> people who
>> made the ocaml.scm infrastructure first, because clearly there are
>> projects out
>> there that need the current set of packages to work like they do now
>> and I don't
>> want to just post a huge patch that surprises these people.
>>
>> Can we get a thread going somewhere on adding a recent version of
>> ocaml-core-kernel (for the 4.11.1 ocaml package, possibly bumping that
>> to 4.11.2 in the process)?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Erik Lovlie
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