Quoting Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx>: > Jean-Luc Fontaine <jfontain <at> free.fr> writes: > > Well, then there's gonna be a big problem with blt (now in extras, a > > graphical library) which is far from ready to compile against tcl-8.5, > > So fix it. :-) Fedora moves fast, so maintainers sometimes have to patch > upstream packages for new libraries they're not ready for. Also note that the > Tcl 8.5 alphas have been out for more than a year. > > > I wonder what justifies releasing such alpha software ? > > Anti-aliasing support! Yes, Tcl finally supports Xft instead of using the > obsolete, non-anti-aliased core fonts system. (It took them way too long.) > > Frankly, Tcl/Tk is one of the slowest-moving libraries in the world, this > transition is one that will happen once in a few YEARS, and I don't think > there > will be a lot to change (though I might be wrong). You can be glad your > packages don't depend on something like libtunepimp which changes its API > radically every few months. Furthermore, from the Tcl developers at http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.5.html: Latest Release: Tcl/Tk 8.5a5 (Oct 20, 2006) ... This version is still in development; most users should be using the latest stable version of Tcl/Tk. -- JL -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
