[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [extra] Dropping ocaml packages

[LoneVVolf]

On 03-02-15 11:47, Mike Cloaked wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Tobias Powalowski <
> tobias.powalowski at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>> I don't use it on any of my machines anymore, anyone who wants to step up?
>> Else those are candidates for AUR/community.
>>
>> ocaml
>> greetings
>> tpowa
>>
>>
> I noticed from the arch-dev-public list in the post quoted above that ocaml
> is planned to be dropped to AUR or community.  I also notice that ocaml is
> still a dependency for one of the kde packages.
>
> # pacman -R ocaml
> checking dependencies...
> error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
> :: kdeedu-kalzium: requires ocaml
>
> I guess it needs to be maintained else there may be problems with updates
> to kde in the future?
Ocaml is a makedepend for llvm which is a makedepend for mesa .

Dropping such a package from [extra] doesn't seem like a good idea.