dev meeting 2025 04 02

Agenda

• Getting dune exec to update argv.(0) in a sensible way. (@Alizter) (5 min)

  • https://github.com/ocaml/dune/pull/11559
  • addresses https://github.com/ocaml/dune/issues/11527

• Quality of life improvements for tests (@Alizter) (5 min)

  • Aliases for inline tests https://github.com/ocaml/dune/pull/11109
  • Aliases for (tests) stanzas https://github.com/ocaml/dune/pull/11558

• Fixed double-running actions. (@Alizter) (5-10 min)

  • cram tests being run twice https://github.com/ocaml/dune/pull/11547
  • user actions being run twice https://github.com/ocaml/dune/pull/11557

• dune exec -w leaving orphan processes. (@Alizter) (10 min)

  • https://github.com/ocaml/dune/issues/11089
  • Reproduction https://github.com/ocaml/dune/pull/11562

• Documentation on tests is messy and hard to find. (@Alizter) (10-15 min)

  • We should split the how-to and the reference
  • Many issues due to people unable to read the poor documentation

• Watch-mode with auto locking. (@maiste)