I’m reviving this topic because there is now a concrete proposal to change the Github Linguist color for OCaml from “neon green” 3be133 to “orange” ee6a1a. The person proposing the change wants to know whether “the OCaml community” agrees with the proposal and opened a poll:
Please go there if you want to give your opinion on the proposed change.
Note: “github linguist” is used to detect which languages are used in git repositories, with summaries shown automically and a color code to display the proportions. This is used on both Github and Gitlab. See for example the “Languages” section at the end of the right column on the webpage GitHub - ocaml/ocaml: The core OCaml system: compilers, runtime system, base libraries.
Note: past discussions in the present thread are irritated by a limitation that one is not allowed to pick a color close to an existing language’s color. My understanding is that this limitation has since been removed, so any choice of color for OCaml would do.
@glennsl you previously proposed a slightly different shade of orange, ef7a08 rather than ee6a1a. If you happen to have a strong opinion on one rather than the other, now would be a good way to voice it on the poll/discussion thread.