Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 16:32:44 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: pst@shockwave.com (Paul Traina) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, peter@spinner.dialix.com.au, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/lang/tcl75 Makefile ports/lang/tcl75/files Makefile.lib md5 ports/lang/tcl75/patches patch-aa patch-ae por Message-ID: <199707070702.QAA29527@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199707070653.XAA12601@precipice.shockwave.com> from Paul Traina at "Jul 6, 97 11:53:15 pm"
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Paul Traina stands accused of saying: > No way! The fundamental problem with tcl and tk is that their API's change > way too rapidly over time. The reason 8.0 ports were not committed were > due to the author's disregard for backwards compatibility. The way the 7.6 port works is pretty awful though. IMHO the configure script needs to be _fixed_ properly to find the (*&^%(*& shared libraries and build them itself. Throwing a hand-rolled Makefile in doesn't qualify to me. > tcl/tk 8.0 should go in as ports once they are released, not before. > In beta, things are insane. Hmm, maybe; it hasn't been too bad this time 'round. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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