Re: Tcl/Tk 8.4 support

[Lloyd Lim <lim@bmrc.berkeley.edu>]

On Friday 14 December 2001 05:59 pm, Ryan Sadler wrote:
>
>I'll assume that you'll be creating new tcl8.4 and tk8.4 directories
> that developers can optionally use.

Mmmm, no, I hadn't planned on doing that.  I think it'd be simpler to 
just create your own local tcl8.4 and tk8.4 directories that are 
checked out from the Tcl/Tk CVS repository.  You shouldn't need to 
modify the 8.4 sources.  Mash is what needs fixing.

>I noticed that a lot of the bug fixes have been back ported to 8.3, is
>someone already merging these changes? It seems that the tcl tree in
> mash is at 8.3.3 and could be upgraded to 8.3.4 that was released in
> October. 8.3.4 is more recent than the latest development release
> 8.4a3 released in August.

Yes, I'm aware of 8.3.4, but that didn't make the list of changes 
scheduled for the next Mash release (5.2).  We'll probably move to 
8.3.4 (or higher) in one of the 5.2.x releases.

One small problem is that 8.3.4 doesn't contain all of the bug fixes 
that I submitted.  I've been focused entirely on Mash the last couple 
months so I haven't kept tabs on the Tcl/Tk community.  I'll have to 
devote some time to keeping an eye on them to make sure some bugs get 
fixed.

>I'm game as long as we're not in a rush.

No rush.  If and when Tcl/Tk 8.4 gets released, I'll probably dive in 
and help out.

If you're interested, fill out our CVS account request form 
<http://www.openmash.org/developers/cvs/account.html> and email me to 
coordinate.

Thanks,
Lloyd