[GRASS-dev] GRASS 6.1.0 branch status

[Glynn Clements]

Michael Barton wrote:

> I don't know what changed, but William reports that it is now working under
> x11 on all Macs. So this is a huge improvement. I'll try to confirm this
> next week. If he can get it working under aqua, we'll be set.

I wouldn't suggest holding up 6.1 for issues issues related to the
Aqua version of NVIZ. Support for non-X11 versions of Tcl/Tk is a new
feature, and it's likely to take a long time to sort out the problems.

AFAICT, the main problem is that, on platforms other than X11, Togl
still needs to use internal Tk headers. These aren't normally
installed as part of the vendor's frameworks, and we don't include
local copies. Also, using internal headers makes the resulting
executable fragile, in that it won't work with versions of Tk which
materially differ from the version for which it was compiled.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>