Re: tcl/tk 9.0?

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

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

> 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?

(As an aside, we should rename tcl to tcl86 if we need it for compat.)

A data point is that expect (which is not maintained) won't work with
tcl9, but there is a link in this bug to modifications.

https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/