Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:39:52 +0100 From: Pietro Cerutti <gahr@FreeBSD.org> To: Jason Bacon <jwbacon@tds.net> Cc: tcltk@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Lens with Tcl/Tk 8.4 Message-ID: <20121214153952.GA54832@gahrfit.gahr.ch> In-Reply-To: <50CB458F.70806@tds.net> References: <20121204110619.GB5906@gahrfit.gahr.ch> <20121210083148.GG11579@gahrfit.gahr.ch> <50CB458F.70806@tds.net>
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--VS++wcV0S1rZb1Fb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you Jason, the port has been marked for expiration on 2013-02-01, which is when Tcl/Tk 8.3 is going to be removed. I have set this list (tcltk@) as the temporary maintainer of this port. Regards, On 2012-Dec-14, 09:28, Jason Bacon wrote: >=20 > I just spent some time investigating what it will take to upgrade to 8.4= =20 > or later. >=20 > It looks like extensive code modification is going to be needed, and=20 > given that no new version of LENS has been released in at least 5 years,= =20 > I'd say it's time to just drop the port. >=20 > I'll be happy to resurrect it if the developer takes a renewed interest. >=20 > Regards, >=20 > -J >=20 > On 12/10/2012 02:31, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > > Hello Jason, > > > > I'm contacting you as the maintainer of the math/lensnns port on > > FreeBSD. > > > > We (tcltk@FreeBSD.org) are planning to expire and get rid of Tcl/Tk 8.3, > > and math/lensnns is the last consumer in the ports tree. I have tried to > > contact the author about the possibility to make Lens work with Tcl/Tk > > 8.4, but emails to him bounce back (see below). > > > > So what I'm asking to you is, do you actively use the software on > > FreeBSD and if it's the case, would you be able to make it work with > > Tcl/Tk 8.4 (or higher), so that we can deprecate 8.3? > > > > Thanks for letting us know! > > > > Pietro > > for tcltk@ > > > > On 2012-Dec-04, 12:06, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > >> Hi Douglas, > >> > >> I'm part of the team maintaining Tcl/Tk on FreeBSD (tcltk@FreeBSD.org). > >> > >> We're planning to get rid of the long-unsupported 8.3 release series, > >> and Lens is one of the last packages that still depends on it here. > >> > >> Do you have any plans to upgrade to a newer Tcl/Tk version? > >> > >> Thanks for letting us know! > >> > >> Kind Regards, > >> > >> --=20 > >> Pietro Cerutti > >> The FreeBSD Project > >> gahr@FreeBSD.org > >> > >> PGP Public Key: > >> http://gahr.ch/pgp > > > > >=20 >=20 > --=20 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Jason W. Bacon > jwbacon@tds.net > http://personalpages.tds.net/~jwbacon > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >=20 >=20 --=20 Pietro Cerutti The FreeBSD Project gahr@FreeBSD.org PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp --VS++wcV0S1rZb1Fb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlDLSEcACgkQwMJqmJVx9479bACgybIs/V1D/rj3/Iu21muPEO5z QxUAoNL1+HSuRgwzk5vE2TcZltup01I3 =GjJH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VS++wcV0S1rZb1Fb--
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