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

[François Vogel]

Well... Bug fixes are always good to take, isn't it?
Given that Scilab 5 is the first Scilab version to use Tcl/Tk 8.5, I 
would say you should switch to the latest 8.5.x instead of lazily 
keeping the current 8.5 you have.
Users will anyway have to check for regressions in all parts of their 
code, be it .sci or in Tcl. In checking regressions in their Tcl code, 
I think they should do it between the current 8.4.15 (shipped with 
Scilab 4.1.2) and the latest 8.5, not an old 8.5, don't you think so?

F.

Sylvestre Ledru said on 17/08/2008 17:54:
> Thanks for the info.
> Do you think it is worth switching to this version for Scilab 5.0 ?
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> Sylvestre
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> 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
>>
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