On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 09:24:16AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote:
> 
> Also, moving everything into ocamlfind may cause compatibility issues
> for application developers that may be accustomed to not using ocamlfind
> for certain libraries that are not normally distributed using ocamlfind.

There's a simple solution to this (works well for standalone build; I'm
not sure if GODI accommodates this practice, but I can't imagine it
would be difficult to make the necessary modifications): you can install
the library in the traditional way, but also make it a "virtual" Findlib
package--i.e. create a package directory, and place in it a META file
that points to the real installation directory. Then people can access
the package either in the traditional manner or through Findlib. All it
takes is a short META file and two or three lines added to the Makefile,
so it's easy to do manually, but should also be easy to automate.

-- 
Matt Gushee                 When a nation follows the Way,
Englewood, Colorado, USA    Horses bear manure through
mgushee@havenrock.com           its fields;
http://www.havenrock.com/   When a nation ignores the Way,
                            Horses bear soldiers through
                                its streets.
                                
                            --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.)

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