Re: [ANN] beta-release of OPAM

[Hongbo Zhang <bobzhang1988@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/15/13 10:40 AM, Thomas Gazagnaire wrote:
> I'm very happy to announce the beta release of OPAM (0.9.1). OPAM is a package 
> manager for OCaml to install libraries and tools from source archives. It 
> supports multiple simultaneous compiler installations, flexible package 
> constraints, and a Git-friendly development workflow.
Opam is the best package manager for ocaml I have ever used, thanks for 
your hard work!
> The goal of this beta release is to formally introduce OPAM to the community, 
> to gather some general feedback on the documentation and tools and double-check 
> that we've not forgotten some useful features. I would also like to use that 
> opportunity to make an official call to maintainers: if you have developed 
> packages which are already in OPAM do not hesitate to claim their ownership and 
> to improve their description - if your packages are not yet in, it's time to 
> start packaging them!
>
> OPAM is developed by OCamlPro[1] and has been in alpha release since June 2012. 
> It is already quite mature and has gained some nice momentum (+40 contributors, 
> +300 packages).  OPAM has been initially funded by Jane Street[2] and the DORM 
> EU research project, and it has received continuous help and resources from 
> OCamlLabs[3].
>
> The source code of OPAM is available on Github:
> * installer: https://github.com/OCamlpro/opam
> * packages and compiler descriptions: 
> https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam-repository
> * website: https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam2web
>
> The documention:
> * install instructions and tutorial are available http://opam.ocamlpro.com/
> * the main source of documentation is 'opam --help' or 'opam <command> --help'
> * user manual: 
> https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam/raw/master/doc/dev-manual/dev-manual.pdf
>
> You can report issues on github bug tracker:
> * https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam/issues
>
> The next steps for us is to focus on improving the package descriptions quality 
> and the global consistency of https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam-repository. We 
> will gladly accept any kind of help and support from the community to do this!  
> We plan to announce the release of 1.0.0 in a couple of months, with improved 
> package quality and better integration with the future OCaml platform.
>
> Last point, if you are working in a company and that you already use OPAM, or 
> plan to use OPAM, and you would like to help us ensuring it a sustainable 
> future[2], you can contact us at contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> On behalf of the OPAM team,
> Thomas Gazagnaire
>
> [1] http://www.ocamlpro.com/
> [2] http://www.janestreet.com/
> [3] http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/projects/ocamllabs/