[GRASS-dev] [bug #5161] v.digit: no toolbox if Grass 6.3 built with tcl/tk 8.3

Martin Landa landa.martin at gmail.com
Fri Sep 29 12:55:22 EDT 2006


Hi,

unsure - in the result, I agree with dropping tcl/tk 8.3 support.

Best, Martin

2006/9/29, Maciej Sieczka <tutey at o2.pl>:
> Hi
>
> I would lean towards Michael's attitude to drop 8.3 support and
> reqquire 8.4. This will make things easier for devs, and will do no
> harm for users. 8.4 is packaged as often as 8.3 is. As Michael says,
> it's over 3 years old now and widely used.
>
> Grass packaged by distros' maintainers will depend on 8.4. And the
> configure script should yield an error if someone builds Grass from
> source using 8.3.
>
> Propably we will get occasional bug reports "I can't build with tcl/tk
> 8.3", but a pointer to requirements.html will do then.
>
> It only has to be made clear and obvious - update the docs and build
> procedure.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Maciek
>
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