Archlinux has bumped Tcl/Tk to the recently released 8.6.0 version.
I'm in no hurry to upgrade, but was wondering if the new version is likely to cause problems for Pd in the same way as the move from 8.4.0 to 8.5.0?
thanks Michael
From: michael noble looplog@gmail.com To: PD send List pd-list@iem.at Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2013 12:53 AM Subject: [PD] Tcl/Tk 8.6.0
Archlinux has bumped Tcl/Tk to the recently released 8.6.0 version.
I'm in no hurry to upgrade, but was wondering if the new version is likely to cause problems for Pd in the same way as the move from 8.4.0 to 8.5.0?
There's really no way to tell without trying it out. 8.6 is _extremely_ new, though, so I wouldn't be surprised if there are some bugs here and there. Looks like it has png support, and some new commands for moving canvas items, as well as native oo support. There's also a "try" command that looks pretty nice.
List of changes: http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.6.html
-Jonathan
thanks Michael
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On Jan 5, 2013, at 6:32 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
From: michael noble looplog@gmail.com To: PD send List pd-list@iem.at Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2013 12:53 AM Subject: [PD] Tcl/Tk 8.6.0
Archlinux has bumped Tcl/Tk to the recently released 8.6.0 version.
I'm in no hurry to upgrade, but was wondering if the new version is likely to cause problems for Pd in the same way as the move from 8.4.0 to 8.5.0?
There's really no way to tell without trying it out. 8.6 is _extremely_ new, though, so I wouldn't be surprised if there are some bugs here and there. Looks like it has png support, and some new commands for moving canvas items, as well as native oo support. There's also a "try" command that looks pretty nice.
List of changes: http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.6.html
Tcl/Tk 8.6 has been in the works for years, so I wouldn't say its entirely new. But yes, a lot has changed since 8.5, which was released 5 years ago. I plan to switch all the Pd-extended builds to it once 0.43.4 is out. So its good to hear that so far, its working fine :)
Tcl/Tk 8.6 is also already in Ubuntu/raring and Debian/sid.
.hc
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner hans@at.or.atwrote:
On Jan 5, 2013, at 6:32 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
From: michael noble looplog@gmail.com To: PD send List pd-list@iem.at Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2013 12:53 AM Subject: [PD] Tcl/Tk 8.6.0
Archlinux has bumped Tcl/Tk to the recently released 8.6.0 version.
I'm in no hurry to upgrade, but was wondering if the new version is
likely to cause problems for Pd in the same way as the move from 8.4.0 to 8.5.0?
There's really no way to tell without trying it out. 8.6 is _extremely_
new, though, so I wouldn't
be surprised if there are some bugs here and there. Looks like it has png support, and some new commands for moving canvas
items, as well as
native oo support. There's also a "try" command that looks pretty nice.
List of changes: http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.6.html
Tcl/Tk 8.6 has been in the works for years, so I wouldn't say its entirely new. But yes, a lot has changed since 8.5, which was released 5 years ago. I plan to switch all the Pd-extended builds to it once 0.43.4 is out. So its good to hear that so far, its working fine :)
Tcl/Tk 8.6 is also already in Ubuntu/raring and Debian/sid.
.hc
Thanks all for the replies. I guess it's a case of testing the waters, but from the looks of things there are no major problems as of yet.
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Hans-Christoph Steiner -
Jonathan Wilkes -
michael noble