From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Feb 22 09:54:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA16399 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 09:54:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hwcn.org (ac199@james.hwcn.org [199.212.94.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA16387 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 09:54:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hoek@hwcn.org) Received: from localhost (ac199@localhost) by hwcn.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA18084; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 12:50:32 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 12:50:32 -0500 (EST) From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Luigi Rizzo cc: Duncan Barclay , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, hoek@james.hwcn.org, jseger@freebsd.scds.com Subject: Re: how many tk version do oyu need... In-Reply-To: <199802221126.MAA04435@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 22 Feb 1998, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > under Tcl8 yet. Effectivly you are suggesting that we update the Tcl > > package itself to a new version of Tcl on behalf of the original author. > > right... Yes. > > Is this wise? Yes. > may not be wise, but then let's leave each port use the tk version it > was released for -- it is less work, less risk of introducing bugs, and Some of them were intended for tcl74. In a lot of cases it's just a matter of changing "75" with "80". For some, it may be a matter of updating the port to a newer version. Where it does involve patches, you are encouraged to submit your patches to the author. If it doesn't work under FreeBSD with the standard Tcl/Tk that FreeBSD uses, it's a porting problem. Just as if a port uses gmake instead of pmake. Sometimes it's easiest for us to correctly fix the problem with patches, sometimes it's easier to load an emulation module (gmake, in the last example). -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message