Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/meta-pkgs

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:

> 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.

Ok, then.  I have no memory of this, but that's my issue ;-) I
personally don't use bulk-medium anyway, so it really doesn't matter to
me.

> 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 -> ???

Indeed, but it's not that big and simply found it surprising to be gone
from the bulk-* collection.

All in all, given that this was proposed and non-objected, there's  no
need to address/worry further.