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| The migration uncovered compatibility issues with upstream dependencies. Specifically, the `merlin-js` dependency, which hasn't been upstreamed to the main Merlin project, appears to have compatibility issues with Dune package management. This highlights an important consideration for the broader ecosystem: a few packages may need updates to work seamlessly with the new package management features. | ||
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The issue with merlin-js was that it used symlinks in its example programs. Dune package management doesn't support this at the moment, so we removed this to enable building it with Dune package management. This issue is similar to the issue with ocamlbuild and ocamlfind; both packages have patched versions removing symlinks for dune package management.
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@sabine could we also update the CI to use Dune developer preview? Here's a GHA package to do that: https://github.com/ocaml-dune/setup-dune. |
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