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Bug#895994: ocaml-nox: Stop recommending deprecated camlp4



Hi,

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 02:45:54PM +0200, Ralf Jung wrote:

> I just realized that ocaml-nox is the reason I still have camlp4 installed on my
> system even though I have no intentions of using it.  In fact, the upstream
> website at https://github.com/ocaml/camlp4 says:
> 
> > Since 2017, Camlp4 is not actively maintained anymore, and only receives
> > occasional fixes for compatibility with new OCaml versions. Maintainers of
> > Camlp4-using projects are actively encouraged to switch to other systems.
> 
> Sounds like it is time to drop the Recommends: camlp4 from ocaml-nox?

Indeed. Speaking for myself, I never used any of camlp4 or camlp5 for
my own projects. Fixed in git.

Thanks for your bug report -Ralf.


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