See also ../OCamlTransitions

Deprecated or obsolete packages

camlp4
- it is deprecated in favour of menhir, sedlex, ppx stuff, ..., camlp5
- it is not key
- notable packages in transitive closure:
  - cudf
  - sks
  - ocamlnet
  - tyxml -> ben
  - coccinelle (no longer requires camlp4, being updated)
- the following packages may be removed because they are obsolete:
  - optcomp -> eliom (not in testing), ocaml-deriving-ocsigen
deprecated packages by Jane Street:
- js-build-tools -> bin-prot, fieldslib, ppx-core, ppx-driver, ppx-optcomp, ppx-sexp-conv, ppx-type-conv, sexplib310, variantslib
- ppx-driver -> ppx-type-conv
- ppx-type-conv -> ppx-sexp-conv (dependency removed in newer upstream version which needs ppxlib)
- ppx-core -> ppx-driver, ppx-optcomp, ppx-sexp-conv, ppx-type-conv
- type-conv -> obus, ocaml-deriving-ocsigen
lablgtk2
- it is deprecated in favour of lablgtk3
- it is not key
- notable packages in transitive closure:
  - coq
  - unison
  - ocaml-cairo2, which is a build-dependency of lablgtk3!

New packages

caml-mode (ITP by RalfTreinen, in NEW)
ocplib-endian (needed by lwt >= 4.3) (ITP by StephaneGlondu, in NEW)
lwt-log (needed by obus >= 1.2.0 and lambda-term >= 2.0.2) (ITP by StephaneGlondu)
pyml (as a replacement of pycaml) (ITP by StephaneGlondu)
odoc (needed by ppx-deriving doc)
ocaml-domain-name (needed by ocaml-ipaddr)
ocaml-macaddr (needed by ocaml-ipaddr)
ocaml-fmt (needed by ocaml-domain-name)
ocaml-astring (needed by ocaml-domain-name)
ocaml-seq (needed by ocaml-fmt) not needed with OCaml >= 4.08 (?)
ocaml-stdlib-shims (needed by ocaml-fmt) not needed with OCaml >= 4.08 (?)

Maybe needed by a future parmap (>> 1.0~rc10?) release (see here):

Release management

OCaml transition tracker
Suggested binNMUs by nomeata

Blocked packages

Blockers for ocaml >= 4.08:

Waiting for ocaml >= 4.08:

ocaml-num 1.2-2
camlp4 4.08+1-1
ocaml-re 1.9.0-1
labltk 8.06.6+dfsg-1
ppx-tools 5.3+4.08.0-1

New versions

ocaml-batteries 2.6.0 -> 2.10.0
ocaml-sqlite3 4.0.5 -> 4.1.3
ocaml-bitstring 2.0.4 -> 3.1.0
ocaml-res 4.0.3 -> 5.0.1
lwt 2.7.1-7 -> 4.3.0 (needs ocplib-endian, ocaml-seq)
react 1.2.0-3 -> 1.2.1
ocaml-ctypes 0.15.1-1 -> 0.15.1 with tests (needs lwt >= 3.2.0)
ppx-sexp-conv 113.33.03-2 -> 0.12.0 (needs ppxlib)
ppx-deriving 4.4-1 -> 4.4 + doc (needs odoc)
ppxlib 0.8.1-1 -> 0.8.1 + tests (needs ocaml >= 4.08)

ocaml-mm 0.5.0 (depends on ocaml 4.08)

lablgtk3 3.0~beta6 (in NEW)