From owner-freebsd-tcltk@freebsd.org Tue Sep 5 20:58:54 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-tcltk@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 767A2E1EEF7 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2017 20:58:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gahr@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C734667F2 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2017 20:58:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gahr@FreeBSD.org) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 1F02DE1EEF5; Tue, 5 Sep 2017 20:58:54 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: tcltk@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17B42E1EEF4; Tue, 5 Sep 2017 20:58:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gahr@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.ptrcrt.ch (gahr.cloud.tilaa.com [IPv6:2a02:2770:8:0:21a:4aff:fe7e:c6be]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B167667E2; Tue, 5 Sep 2017 20:58:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gahr@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [10.8.223.98] (230.233.197.178.dynamic.wless.lssmb00p-cgnat.res.cust.swisscom.ch [178.197.233.230]) by mail.ptrcrt.ch (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id 45569934 TLS version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO; Tue, 5 Sep 2017 20:58:51 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: Tcl/Tk 8.4 deprecation From: Pietro Cerutti X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (14G60) In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 22:58:48 +0200 Cc: TclTk@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Ports ML Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20170905120327.ik5ws3hbt4lbb2ll@ptrcrt.ch> To: Kevin Oberman X-BeenThere: freebsd-tcltk@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD-specific Tcl/Tk discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 20:58:54 -0000 > On 5 Sep 2017, at 22:01, Kevin Oberman wrote: >=20 >> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 5:03 AM, Pietro Cerutti wrote: >>=20 >> Hi all, >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> 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 >>=20 >> Best, >>=20 >> -- >> Pietro Cerutti >> The FreeBSD Project >> gahr@FreeBSD.org >>=20 >=20 > 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 >=20 > 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. Thanks Kevin, I'd change "tcl:84+" to just "tcl", since they're picking up 86 anyway in th= e default case. Bumping PORTREVISION is indeed needed, as the runtime depend= encies are being modified. Thanks for your help! --=20 Pietro Cerutti gahr@FreeBSD.org