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Drop support for Tcl/Tk 8.4?
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Christopher Chavez
Mar 27, 2019, 4:45:04 AM3/27/19
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Hi all,
I am proposing to drop support for Tcl/Tk 8.4 from Tcl::pTk. This is mainly because:
1. the developers of Tcl/Tk have no longer supported 8.4 for some time, and have encouraged anyone using it to upgrade;
2. many binary Tcl/Tk distributions and OS package managers no longer provide 8.4; and
3. I personally have not tested Tcl::pTk on Tcl/Tk 8.4 for these reasons.
I have not thought of any immediate or significant benefits to the Tcl::pTk codebase other than being able to remove checks for whether Tcl/Tk 8.5+ is present before using features such as Tile/Ttk.
I will go ahead and bump the Tcl::pTk version to 1.00 if I drop Tcl/Tk 8.4.
I do not suspect that any of the active Tcl::pTk users I have heard from over the past several months are using Tcl/Tk 8.4, but please respond in case of objections to (or approval of :^) ) this proposal.
I currently do not have any plans to drop support for Tcl/Tk 8.5, since some platforms still ship with 8.5 (e.g. macOS).
Christopher A. Chavez
I am proposing to drop support for Tcl/Tk 8.4 from Tcl::pTk. This is mainly because:
1. the developers of Tcl/Tk have no longer supported 8.4 for some time, and have encouraged anyone using it to upgrade;
2. many binary Tcl/Tk distributions and OS package managers no longer provide 8.4; and
3. I personally have not tested Tcl::pTk on Tcl/Tk 8.4 for these reasons.
I have not thought of any immediate or significant benefits to the Tcl::pTk codebase other than being able to remove checks for whether Tcl/Tk 8.5+ is present before using features such as Tile/Ttk.
I will go ahead and bump the Tcl::pTk version to 1.00 if I drop Tcl/Tk 8.4.
I do not suspect that any of the active Tcl::pTk users I have heard from over the past several months are using Tcl/Tk 8.4, but please respond in case of objections to (or approval of :^) ) this proposal.
I currently do not have any plans to drop support for Tcl/Tk 8.5, since some platforms still ship with 8.5 (e.g. macOS).
Christopher A. Chavez
Christopher Chavez
Mar 27, 2019, 4:45:05 AM3/27/19
to Konovalov, Vadim, tc...@perl.org
> On Mar 27, 2019, at 3:29 AM, Christopher Chavez <chris...@gmx.us> wrote:
>
> I am proposing to drop support for Tcl/Tk 8.4 from Tcl::pTk.
Vadim, do either of Tcl.pm and Tcl::Tk intend to continue supporting Tcl/Tk < 8.5 (if they currently do)?
>
> I am proposing to drop support for Tcl/Tk 8.4 from Tcl::pTk.
Christopher A. Chavez
Konovalov, Vadim
Mar 27, 2019, 5:45:02 AM3/27/19
to Christopher Chavez, tc...@perl.org
> >
> > I am proposing to drop support for Tcl/Tk 8.4 from Tcl::pTk.
>
> Vadim, do
> either of Tcl.pm and Tcl::Tk intend to continue supporting Tcl/Tk < 8.5 (if
> they currently do)?
They currently do support 8.4 and I am planning to continue support;
> > I am proposing to drop support for Tcl/Tk 8.4 from Tcl::pTk.
>
> Vadim, do
> either of Tcl.pm and Tcl::Tk intend to continue supporting Tcl/Tk < 8.5 (if
> they currently do)?
Even 8.0 I supported
Any signs that they don't?
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