Bug#628436: Please disallow tclsh8.4 as an alternative for the tclsh command

2012-05-15 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Sergei Golovan wrote: [...] in which case the only symlinks to tclsh and wish would be in the tcl and tk packages. Sounds excellent to me. :) A smooth way to transition would be to remove the alternatives from each tcl8.x and tk8.x package,

Bug#628436: [Pkg-tcltk-devel] Bug#628436: Please disallow tclsh8.4 as an alternative for the tclsh command

2012-05-15 Thread Sergei Golovan
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Sergei Golovan wrote: [...]                                                 in which case the only symlinks to tclsh and wish would be in the tcl and tk packages. Sounds excellent to me. :)  A smooth way to

Bug#628436: Please disallow tclsh8.4 as an alternative for the tclsh command

2012-05-14 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi again, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 05:20:36PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: The weird 8.4.19-4. versions in dpkg --compare-versions expressions are to ensure numbers like 8.4.19-4ubuntu1 and 8.4.19-4+b1 are below and 8.4.19-4.1 is above. Use 8.4.19-4~

Bug#628436: [Pkg-tcltk-devel] Bug#628436: Please disallow tclsh8.4 as an alternative for the tclsh command

2012-05-14 Thread Sergei Golovan
Hi Jonathan! On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 2:20 AM, Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com wrote: It would be convenient if scripts could assume the tclsh command and virtual package provide tclsh8.5 or newer as long as tcltk-defaults is up to date, like below. I don't want to package different Tcl/Tk

Bug#628436: Please disallow tclsh8.4 as an alternative for the tclsh command

2011-05-28 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Package: tcl8.4 Version: 8.4.19-4 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi, It would be convenient if scripts could assume the tclsh command and virtual package provide tclsh8.5 or newer as long as tcltk-defaults is up to date, like below. My only worry would be that some package might be using

Bug#628436: Please disallow tclsh8.4 as an alternative for the tclsh command

2011-05-28 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 05:20:36PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: The weird 8.4.19-4. versions in dpkg --compare-versions expressions are to ensure numbers like 8.4.19-4ubuntu1 and 8.4.19-4+b1 are below and 8.4.19-4.1 is above. Use 8.4.19-4~ -- Francesco P. Lovergine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Bug#628436: Please disallow tclsh8.4 as an alternative for the tclsh command

2011-05-28 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 05:20:36PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: The weird 8.4.19-4. versions in dpkg --compare-versions expressions are to ensure numbers like 8.4.19-4ubuntu1 and 8.4.19-4+b1 are below and 8.4.19-4.1 is above. Use 8.4.19-4~ That would let