Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 22:58:48 +0200 From: Pietro Cerutti <gahr@FreeBSD.org> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: TclTk@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Tcl/Tk 8.4 deprecation Message-ID: <CF793079-EAAD-4581-8756-685DDE62C17F@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1vbVrMNANogLi2wOiZnOrati-qsfDHvv4de1cs5ppXj_A@mail.gmail.com> References: <20170905120327.ik5ws3hbt4lbb2ll@ptrcrt.ch> <CAN6yY1vbVrMNANogLi2wOiZnOrati-qsfDHvv4de1cs5ppXj_A@mail.gmail.com>
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> On 5 Sep 2017, at 22:01, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 >> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 5:03 AM, Pietro Cerutti <gahr@freebsd.org> 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
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