ocaml / ocaml/dune

Stablize the dune describe command

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Description

I'm integrating dune with ocamlearlybird. To make ocamlearlybird can discover debuggable executables. And get build informations as debug information in bytecode is not enough. I found dune describe is what I expected. However I got

dune: Only --lang 0.1 is available at the moment as this command is not yet
      stabilised. If you would like to release a software that relies on the output
      of 'dune describe', please open a ticket on
      https://github.com/ocaml/dune.

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Research direction

Start with the dune describe command and its --lang 0.1 behavior. Determine the stable output contract needed for ocamlearlybird to discover debuggable executables and build information; done means the command has a defined, usable interface rather than reporting that it is not stabilised.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ocaml
Domain
build-system, cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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