See also ../OCamlTransitions
Deprecated or obsolete packages
- it is deprecated in favour of menhir, sedlex, ppx stuff, ..., camlp5
- it is key because of lablgtk2
- notable packages in transitive closure:
lablgtk2 (see below) (fixed in unstable) -> lwt -> ocaml-ctypes -> llvm-toolchain-7
- cudf
- haxe (fixed in unstable)
- sks
- ocamlnet
tyxml -> ben
coccinelle (no longer requires camlp4, being updated)
the following packages may be removed because they are obsolete:
ocaml-estring -> ocaml-sqlexpr
optcomp -> eliom (not in testing), ocaml-deriving-ocsigen
ocaml-text
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-data-notation, ocaml-deriving-ocsigen, typerep
- lablgtk2
- it is deprecated in favour of lablgtk3
- it is key because of lwt (optional)
- notable packages in transitive closure:
- coq
- unison
- ocaml-cairo2, which is a build-dependency of lablgtk3!
New packages
ocaml-stdio (needed by postgresql-ocaml >= 4.1.0) (ITP by StephaneGlondu, in NEW)
lwt-log (needed by obus >= 1.2.0)
ppxlib (needed by obus >= 1.2.0, needs ocaml-stdio) (ITP by StephaneGlondu, waiting for NEW)
ocaml-topkg (needed by react >= 1.2.1) (ITP by StephaneGlondu, in NEW)
- typerep (new binary packages) (in NEW)
ppxfind (needed by ppx-deriving >= 4.3)
Maybe needed by a future parmap (>> 1.0~rc10?) release (see here):
ocaml-mmap (also needed by lwt >= 4)
Release management
Suggested binNMUs by nomeata
Blocked packages
Waiting for ocaml-stdio to pass NEW:
- postgresql-ocaml 4.5.0-1
- ppxlib 0.8.1-1 (+ enable tests when ocaml is updated)
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
- parmap 1.0~rc10-2
- ppx-tools 5.3+4.08.0-1
New versions
ppx-tools-versioned 5.2.1-2 -> 5.2.2
lwt 2.7.1-6 -> 2.7.1 without glib support -> 3.3.0 -> 4.1.0
ocaml-sqlite3 4.0.5 -> 4.1.3
react 1.2.0-3 -> 1.2.1 (needs ocaml-topkg)
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 4.2.1-3 -> 4.4 (needs ppxfind)
ocaml-mm 0.5.0 (depends on upstream bug #8)
Ralf Treinen
- lablgtk3 3.0~beta6 (in NEW)