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[PATCH master] gnu: ocaml: Update to 5.1.1

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: pukkamustard <pukkamustard <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 69185 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Marc Coquand <marc <at> mccd.space>
Subject: Re: bug#69185: [PATCH master] gnu: ocaml: Update to 5.1.1
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 23:19:02 +0100

Hello pukkamustard,

pukkamustard <pukkamustard <at> posteo.net> skribis:

> Hm, I'd say it's good to keep versions around that are being used by
> other packages in Guix or it is a version where we can assume that
> significant amount of people are using it from Guix for things outside
> of Guix.
>
> I think OCaml 5.0 is neither:
>
> - The ocaml5.0-* packages are mostly to get a working development
>   environment (ocaml5.0-merlin and dependencies).
> - Our ocaml5.0-eio is outdated and the recently released Eio 1.0.0 only
>   supports OCaml 5.1.1 or later.
> - There's not much reason to use OCaml 5.0 when OCaml 5.1 is available.
>
> I'd suggest replacing OCaml 5.0 with OCaml 5.1 in Guix.

Can removing 5.0 be done in a followup patch?  Should we apply this
patch in this meantime, or would you suggest adjusting it beforehand?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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