Re: ocaml 5

[David Holland <dholland-pkgtech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 08:39:06PM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
 > (Totally fine on 4.14.2.  I didn't realize we were behind.)
 > 
 > I am really not comfortable with moving to ocaml5.  It seems like many
 > in the ocaml world (those who produce software in ocaml, rather than
 > those who produce ocaml) think it's not really baked.  unison, at least,
 > has a policy of not accepting bug reports that aren't reproduced under
 > 4.14.x.
 > 
 > I wonder if we should be having two versions.  But that is its own
 > negative.

I am starting to get the impression that it's pretty much ready; e.g.
homebrew went to 5 by default a few months ago.

 > Either way, it would be good to have the most recent production 5.x in
 > wip, to enable testing.   Doesn't look like that now.

Indeed...

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David A. Holland
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