07:32 <Hammdist> ocaml-option-static claims to require musl-dev on alpine, but it is installed already with apk (5.0.0). any ideas?

13:42 <Hammdist> I would like to run this dumpobj program: https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/blob/trunk/tools/dumpobj.ml is there a simple way to install it?

15:56 <Janni> Hi there! I just finished a first version of a pet project of mine: https://github.com/jrochel/ppx_log_calls

15:57 <Janni> It's a ppx deriver that adds logging to any function whose definition is annotated by a %log extension point. When an annotated function is called it pretty-prints the function name along with the supplied arguments.

15:58 <Janni> It is something that I thought eminently useful for debugging. (At least I myself have sorely missed this functionality for some time now).

15:59 <Janni> I'm curious about your opinions on this project. How useful might it be for you in your opinion? Does something similar or more useful already exist? Could I have implemented it in a simpler fashion?

16:00 <Janni> (I'm especially interested in the opinion of ppx gurus as this is the first ppx deriver I have written.)

18:42 <pkal> Does anyone here install Ocaml packages from the Debian archives?

18:49 <discocaml> <._null._> Inm pretty sure that's not recommended

18:50 <discocaml> <Kali> no, you should always install from opam/esy, not the package manager

18:50 <discocaml> <Kali> no, you should always install from opam/esy, not the system package manager

19:27 <Anarchos> pkal i always compile from scratch even for opam packages, due to my exotic OS ...