Hi! I'd like to discuss a thought of getting rid of /usr/bin/tclsh and /usr/bin/wish alternatives in Debian Tcl/Tk packages. This means that symlinks /usr/bin/tclsh and /usr/bin/wish will be in tcl and tk packages only, and will point to the default tclsh8.* and wish8.* unconditionally. The same approach is currently using in Python packaging.
There's pro and contra in this: Pro: Makes tclsh and wish more predictable. There won't be a case when someone points a tclsh alternative to tclsh8.3 and gets broken Tcl-based software on upgrade. Contra: Changing the default Tcl/Tk version will require extra transitions (though I'm not sure it's a bad thing). This change will require changes in Debian Tcl/Tk policy concerning package dependencies. If a package depends on tcl8.5 it must use /usr/bin/tclsh8.5 as an interpreter, etc. What do you think? Is it worth doing? Cheers! -- Sergei Golovan _______________________________________________ Pkg-tcltk-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-tcltk-devel
