Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 13:01:37 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: TclTk@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Tcl/Tk 8.4 deprecation Message-ID: <CAN6yY1vbVrMNANogLi2wOiZnOrati-qsfDHvv4de1cs5ppXj_A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20170905120327.ik5ws3hbt4lbb2ll@ptrcrt.ch> References: <20170905120327.ik5ws3hbt4lbb2ll@ptrcrt.ch>
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On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 5:03 AM, Pietro Cerutti <gahr@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'll be shorty deprecating Tcl/Tk 8.4 in our ports tree. The latest > release of this series was 8.4.20 (June 2013). > Tcl/Tk series 8.5 and 8.6 are fully supported, and 8.7 is coming > soon-ish. > > Thus, I will soon mark the following ports as DEPRECATED, with expiry > date sometimes this fall. If you care for any of them, please try to > upgrade them to a newer version (if any) or make them work with Tcl 8.6, > which is the current default version. If you need any support in the > process, please let me know and I'll be glad to help. > > lang/fpc-tcl > lang/itcl > lang/smalltalk > lang/tcl84 > multimedia/nxtvepg > games/scid > games/polypuzzle > graphics/ocaml-lablgl > graphics/gdtclft > databases/pgaccess > math/R > math/maxima > editors/tpad > x11-toolkits/ocaml-labltk > x11-toolkits/tk84 > devel/vtcl > x11-clocks/tktz > net/xpvm > x11/tkXwin > > Best, > > -- > Pietro Cerutti > The FreeBSD Project > gahr@FreeBSD.org > I have submitted tickets for the following ports to remove references to tcl/tk84. math/R math/maxima graphics/ocaml-lablgl x11-toolkits/ocaml-labltk lang/itcl games/scid graphics/gdtclft databases/pgaccess x11-clocks/tktz These are all trivial patched to replace "84+" with "85+" or "84,85" with "85". All also bump PORTREVISION so the package build system will rebuild them. I am uncertain that this is required, though. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683
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