[gentoo-dev] =dev-lang/{tcl,tk}-8.5* unmask

[Federico Ferri]

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It's been long time since tcl-8.5 is sitting in tree p.masked.

a number of bugs have been fixed in the past (last bugs I've fixed
this evening: itcl-3.3, tix, tclpython; one I can't fix is otcl -
moreover, it's damn obsolete (last commit 2 years ago))
the remaining bugs in the tracker [1] are mostly applications (not
tcltk's herd) with (mostly) no rdeps.

I think it's now safe for {tcl,tk}-8.5 to enter the testing branch.

I'll end my job in Anritsu on 30th April, so I'll have more time for
Gentoo project =) ...and for supporting this task.

if there are no objections, I'll unmask tcl/tk 8.5* (I've just bumped
the package to 8.5.7) by the next week.


[1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=173467 - [Tracker]
dev-lang/{tcl,tk}-8.5 incompatible packages

Best regards,

Federico Ferri (mescalinum)

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Re: [gentoo-dev] =dev-lang/{tcl,tk}-8.5* unmask

[Santiago M. Mola]

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:07 PM, Federico Ferri mescali...@gentoo.org wrote:
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 It's been long time since tcl-8.5 is sitting in tree p.masked.

 a number of bugs have been fixed in the past (last bugs I've fixed
 this evening: itcl-3.3, tix, tclpython; one I can't fix is otcl -
 moreover, it's damn obsolete (last commit 2 years ago))
 the remaining bugs in the tracker [1] are mostly applications (not
 tcltk's herd) with (mostly) no rdeps.


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Two years is enough. That's even more than what took Python 2.5 to get
out p.mask ;-)

After various heads up on the bug and on @g-dev, I think it's time to
unmask. Incompatible packages should be fixed ASAP (after unmasking)
or punted from the tree if they can't keep up with tcl/tk development.

Best regards,
-- 
Santiago M. Mola
Jabber ID: cooldw...@gmail.com