[ocaml-platform] Package compilation and debug mode

[Daniel Bünzli]

Hello,  

I'd like to know what the consensus is about distributing packages that always compile in debug mode. It seems that some persons do want to have debug always enabled [1,2], but the discussion is not clear cut [1]. 

By default all my packages are released with -g disabled. It seems easy enough to have an opam switch (even the official one) that automatically enables the flag.

So I think OCaml's opam repository should have a policy here. The answer should also take system package managers into account since those pull directly from the tarballs (if this document [3] is still in use for debian it seems they do require compilation with debug mode).

Personally I don't have an opinion about it, I'm rather seeking an answer here.

Best,

Daniel

[1] http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=6728
[2] http://rgrinberg.com/blog/2016/02/26/opam-package-checklist/
[3] http://pkg-ocaml-maint.alioth.debian.org/ocaml_packaging_policy.html/c305.html#AEN307