From owner-cvs-ports Mon Jul 7 00:05:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA29211 for cvs-ports-outgoing; Mon, 7 Jul 1997 00:05:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA29185; Mon, 7 Jul 1997 00:04:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id QAA29527; Mon, 7 Jul 1997 16:32:44 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707070702.QAA29527@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/lang/tcl75 Makefile ports/lang/tcl75/files Makefile.lib md5 ports/lang/tcl75/patches patch-aa patch-ae por In-Reply-To: <199707070653.XAA12601@precipice.shockwave.com> from Paul Traina at "Jul 6, 97 11:53:15 pm" To: pst@shockwave.com (Paul Traina) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 16:32:44 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, peter@spinner.dialix.com.au, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 [[