[Scilab-Dev] [Fwd: [TCLCORE] Tcl/Tk 8.5.4 RELEASED]

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Thanks for the info.
Do you think it is worth switching to this version for Scilab 5.0 ?

Sylvestre


Le dimanche 17 août 2008 à 17:51 +0200, François Vogel a écrit :
> Folks,
> 
> Message below for your information.
> 
> Besides, Tcl/Tk8.6a2 is about to be released too.
> 
> Cheers,
> Francois
> 
> 
> -------- Message original --------
> Sujet : [TCLCORE] Tcl/Tk 8.5.4 RELEASED
> Date : Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:23:20 -0400
> De : Donald G Porter <dgp at nist.gov>
> Pour : Tcl List Core <tcl-core at lists.sourceforge.net>
> 
> 
> Tcl/Tk 8.5.4 Release Announcement
> August 15, 2008
> 
> The Tcl Core Team is pleased to announce the 8.5.4 releases of the Tcl
> dynamic language and the Tk toolkit.  This is the fourth patch release
> of Tcl/Tk 8.5.  More details can be found below.  We would like to
> express our gratitude to all those who submit bug reports and patches.
> This information is invaluable in enabling us to identify and eliminate
> problems in the core.
> 
> Where to get the new releases:
> ------------------------------
> 
> Tcl/Tk 8.5.4 sources are freely available as open source from the
> Tcl Developer Xchange web site at:
> 
>           http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.5.html
> 
> This web page also contains additional information about the releases,
> including new features and notes about installing and compiling the
> releases.  Sources are always available from the Tcl SourceForge
> project's file distribution area:
> 
>           http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10894
> 
> Binaries for most major platforms are available from:
> 
>           http://www.activestate.com/Tcl
> 
> For additional information:
> ---------------------------
> 
> Please visit the Tcl Developer Xchange web site:
> 
>           http://www.tcl.tk/
> 
> This site contains a variety of information about Tcl/Tk in general, the
> core Tcl and Tk distributions, Tcl development tools, and much more.
> 
> Summary of Changes since Tcl/Tk 8.5.3:
> --------------------------------------
> 
> The following were the main changes in Tcl/Tk 8.5.4.  A complete list
> can be found in the changes file at the root of the source tree.  The
> more complete ChangeLog is also included with each source release.  This
> is a patch release, so it primarily included bug fixes and corrections
> to erratic behavior.  Below are only the most notable changes.
> 
>     * Restored ability to compile Tk against the latest X header files
>       from X.org, which are incompatible with earlier Tk releases.
> 
>     * Restored ability to embed non-stub-enabled Tk in a C program as a
>       static package using MSVC compilers, by providing a missing export.
> 
>     * Restored ability to find packages on Samba shares on Windows.
> 
>     * Fixed duplicate inode errors accessing native filesystem on Windows.
> 
>     * Fixed crash in [ttk::scale].
> 
>     * Fixed crashes in unmapped toplevel windows.
> 
>     * Better internal rep preservation shimmering lists and dicts.
> 
>     * Improved Tcl Module maintenance with automatic [package provide].
> 
>     * Improved portability of value returned by [winfo id].
> 
>     * Fixed rare panic in [scan].
> 
> --
> Tcl Core Team and Maintainers
> Don Porter, Tcl Core Release Manager
>