Re: tcl/tk 9.0?

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

Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:

> Do we have someone knowledgeable in tcl/tk?
>
> 9.0 is out.
>
> In pkgsrc we have lang/tcl85 (8.5.19) and lang/tcl (8.6.14), and
> x11/tk85 (8.5.19) and x11/tk (8.6.14).
>
> Is the upgrade path stable enough that someone(tm-not-me) can update
> lang/tcl to 9.0 and it will just work, or do we need a tcl90 package?

A really good question.

My impression is that there is a lot of code that uses tcl and that
significant amounts of it are not really maintained.  I can't remember
right now whether tcl was big in the 80s or the 90s...

If someone(tm) stages a lang/tcl update to 9 in wip, then it is possible
to test-build the tcl-depending stuff and try it.

I use pyGPSClient, probably not yet packaged, that wants py-tk.

Another question is why we have tcl85 still.  I don't mean to be
deletionist, really just asking if there are packages that need it.  If
so, that's a clue that tcl/tk have enough API stability issues that
continuing to version is likely needed.