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We need to make sure there is one properly packaged available on all platforms. This should also be better documented in the installation instructions (https://github.com/ocaml/opam/wiki/Quick_Install)\r\n\r\nSupersedes #685 and #985"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ocaml/opam/issues/comments/126690251","html_url":"https://github.com/ocaml/opam/issues/1267#issuecomment-126690251","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ocaml/opam/issues/1267","id":126690251,"user":{"login":"dbuenzli","id":485596,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/485596?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbuenzli","html_url":"https://github.com/dbuenzli","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbuenzli/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbuenzli/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbuenzli/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbuenzli/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbuenzli/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbuenzli/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbuenzli/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbuenzli/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbuenzli/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-07-31T13:23:09Z","updated_at":"2015-07-31T13:23:09Z","body":"> Then why is it included and enabled by default? Get rid of it; it'll remove some confusion, it'll reduce the amount of code in the project; and the users will have an OPAM configuration that will always work.\r\n\r\nExternal solvers have a lot of dependencies which may be a problem in more constrained environments. For example unfolding the recursive dependencies for installing apscud on osx you need boost, cmake, re2c, gringo, scons, bison and clasp.\r\n\r\n> Yes: ocsigen/lwt#177.\r\n\r\nThat looks like a bug (\"no package matches lwt\"), did you report it ? In my opinion not finding a solution or a sub-optimal solution is fine as long as you can specify one the command line.\r\n"}}