Mogul (was Re: RELEASE on March, 1st !!!)

[Denys Duchier]

Kevin Glynn <glynn at info.ucl.ac.be> writes:

> I think it would be useful if the Mogul front page pointed out that
> pkg files should be installed by ozmake, with a pointer to the ozmake
> package page.

ok

> I assume that it would be difficult to build a library that ozmake can
> use to read either old style or new style? The old style would be
> deprecated so we don't need to maintain this for ever.

this requires access to the old unmarshaler, which, as things stand,
can only be achieved with access to a 1.2.5 installation.  As far as I
know, the marshaler cannot easily be factored out and exported as a
stand-alone lib.

> It seems that the easiest solution would be to take a snapshot of
> Mogul and mark it as "Mogul - 1.2.5 - deprecated" and then repopulate
> Mogul with 1.3.0 packages.

This is not viable at all.  The MOGUL archive is dynamically updated
every night by visiting on the web the publication areas of registered
contributors.  It is designed to be a "hands-off" system that is
autonomously self updating - contributors are entirely responsible for
what they publish.  Published packages will become "new-style" only
when individual contributors take the time to republish their
offerings with a 1.3.0 system and a modern ozmake.  All, I can do
about this is to clearly mark packages that conform to the new-style,
and those which are still old-style.

Cheers,

-- 
Dr. Denys Duchier
Équipe Calligramme
LORIA, Nancy, FRANCE