from my point of view, just the tcl-level benefits are currently important [1], but these just relate to the few scripts in the naviserver distro. However, even there we have already one obvious tcl 8.5 incompatibility in nstrace.tcl (using dict [2]), which can certainly programmed around for tcl 8.4, but my larger concerns are actually, that we do not test under tcl 8.4 and at some time we should move to tcl 8.5 anyhow. OpenACS has done this move [3], even MacPorts is considering this now :)
Could the 8.4 camp live with an situation where - we (jeff, david, ... me) don't test under tcl 8.4 - we stay try to stay away from the tcl 8.5 C-API [4] - but we can use tcl 8.5 functions in the scripts? The other option is care for tcl8.4 compatibility for the next release -gustaf [1] http://wiki.tcl.tk/10630 [2] https://bitbucket.org/naviserver/naviserver/commits/10bf51a04b2fd746a871d2ef13b75a87a7101f6f [3] http://openacs.org/forums/message-view?message_id=3357449 [4] http://wiki.tcl.tk/20591 Am 11.10.13 10:32, schrieb Zoran Vasiljevic: > Hi! > > We are still using Tcl 8.4 and will do so for some > time to come. I can however understand that could > be potentially counter-productive for others as it > may influence future developments. > > The server as-is currently links against 8.4 API. > Do you have an idea what are the benefits of 8.5+ > API that would justify the move? > > Cheers > Zoran > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > October Webinars: Code for Performance > Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. > Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from > the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > naviserver-devel mailing list > naviserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/naviserver-devel -- Univ.Prof. Dr. Gustaf Neumann Institute of Information Systems and New Media WU Vienna Augasse 2-6, A-1090 Vienna, AUSTRIA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ naviserver-devel mailing list naviserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/naviserver-devel
