Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/meta-pkgs

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 08:24:25AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> "Nia Alarie" <nia%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:
> 
> > bulk-*: Remove packages that have fallen victim to the passage of time.
> 
> Most of these are unfamiliar and I can believe are now in the "might not
> build and nobody uses them", but
> 
> > -DEPENDS+=  tcl-[0-9]*:../../lang/tcl
> > -DEPENDS+=  tk-[0-9]*:../../x11/tk
> 
> this surprises me.  I realize that's trailing edge, but they still seem
> quite in use.

I'm not really sure about tcl/tk, but I proposed their removal from
bulk-medium a month ago and nobody objected.

perl -> common as a tool in unix scripts
python -> probably the most popular programming language right now
php -> strong legacy in web development
ruby -> japan's python, rails
lua -> popular for embedding into software
tcl -> ???