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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
To: gentoo-science@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-science] Science Meeting - Status of tcl
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:14:16
Message-Id: 20101206161359.GD13981@comet.mayo.edu
In Reply to: [gentoo-science] Science Meeting - Status of tcl by justin
1 On 08:52 Mon 06 Dec , justin wrote:
2 > Hi all,
3 >
4 > the tcl herd is more or less dead. As there a many sci apps which rely
5 > on tcl/tk, the question is, how we should deal with this? Contribute,
6 > take over...?
7 >
8 > Lets discuss this.
9 >
10 > One simple question, I was asked by a user, should the header
11 > directories should be somehow generalized?
12 >
13 > /usr/include/tcl8.5 -> /usr/include/tcl8.5.9
14 > /usr/include/tcl8 -> /usr/include/tcl8.5.9
15 > /usr/include/tcl -> /usr/include/tcl8.5.9
16 >
17 > This would simplify cases where the buildsystem has hardcoded paths.
18
19 Don't the directories reflect tcl "ABIs", not just some kind of
20 arbitrary version?
21
22 --
23 Thanks,
24 Donnie
25
26 Donnie Berkholz
27 Sr. Developer, Science Team
28 Gentoo Linux
29 Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com

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Re: [gentoo-science] Science Meeting - Status of tcl justin <jlec@g.o>