ocurrent / ocurrent/ocaml-dockerfile
Writeup policy for linux distro support
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Description
Currently we support whatever is listed in https://github.com/ocurrent/ocaml-dockerfile/blob/master/src-opam/distro.mli#L93-L169 and is being used by CI applications like ocaml-ci and opam-repo-ci.
However some distributions present challenges like:
- Oracle Linux, not providing packages for many common
conf-*packages in opam-repository - OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, support in opam https://github.com/ocaml/opam/issues/5565
It would be useful to explicitly state what we do support and what we don't (plus why we don't support something).
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading src-opam/distro.mli lines 93-169 and checking how the listed distributions are used by CI applications such as ocaml-ci and opam-repo-ci. Compare the stated challenges for Oracle Linux and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, then document which distributions are supported, which are not, and the reasons for each; the policy is complete when those boundaries and rationales are explicit.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- documentation, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100