On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 03:37:18PM +0100, KatolaZ wrote:

> In general, you should start packaging or repackaging something only
> if you wish to act as a maintainer for the package, i.e., if you are
> willing to keep the package updated with upstream developments. Having
> hundreds of forked packages that then get forgotten by their
> maintainers is useless, if not dangerous, for Devuan.

It's what I find in OCaml's package library. Lots of packages without
proper documentation that furthermore aren't maintained.

It's a mess. Despite liking the language I'm starting to look for
another with similar capabilities.

We don't want to drive Devuan users away like this.

-- hendrik