Re: [cocci] the future of bundles in coccinelle.git

[Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>]

> While looking for the proper way to import pcre2, I realized that the
> way configure.ac looks for required OCaml libraries is ... weird.

I find such a view interesting somehow.


> There is no way to force the usage of the variants in bundles/,
> the version provided by ocamlfind is always preferred.

There are remaining system configuration challenges to consider.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_bundling#Software


> I think since a while the required build environment is easy to create
> with either 'opam install $ALL_BUNDLES', or 'zypper install $packages'.

Corresponding software dependencies might trigger further concerns.


> Hence I suggest to remove bundles/ and all code referring to it.
I propose to take further case distinctions better into account
so that the involved software build system can become safer and more convenient.

Regards,
Markus