ocamlPackages.camomile: 1.0.2 → 2.0.0

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• Package name: ocamlPackages.camomile
• Latest released version: 2.0.0
• Current version on the unstable channel: 1.0.2
• Current version on the stable/release channel: 1.0.2
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@vbgl

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Note for maintainers:

I was looking to do the 4.5.0 Soupault upgrade, but I ran into Camomile 2.x dependency issue.

It looks like Camomile switched maintainers: https://github.com/savonet/Camomile And the upgrade had some notable breaking changes: https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-camomile-2-0-0-is-out/11751/

My experience in this ecosystem is too low to know what needs to be done. Does it need a 2_0_0.nix file while the dust settles on other project upgrading? Are the configurePhase and postInstall hooks still relevant? Is cppo needed? Does it get moved to a more modern (e.g. 5.x) version of the packages?

Please feel free to tag me to review and test build it if @vbgl could use the extra eyes and/or testing.

[Alizter]

So I attempted this last week and the issue is that Camomile 2.0 is quite different from previous versions. The only reason therefore we would add camomile 2 is if anybody is actually using it. I am not currently aware of any packages that require it.

The discussions do also mention that other users have been frustrated by this. Therefore I think it is best if we think of Camomile 2 as a new library, therefore we currently have no reason to add it.

What we really need are compatability patches for Camomile 1.0 so that we can use it with OCaml 5.

[wegank]

Closed by #257196.