Re: [TCLCORE] The "Batteries Included" distribution

[Brent W. <bre...@in...>]

I'm working to get the TclPro build to work of the SF CVS repositories,
and to me that makes the most sense as a base for a BI distribution.
I actually did my first compile last night, but there we some errors.

Heh - I'm compiling against 8.4a2, and I've hit the known bug in
incrTcl with some "deleted" member struct - anyway, I'll force an
8.3.2-based build and see how much farther I get.

Regarding Jeff's comments - regardless if we include the debugger and
checker et. al., I think the build infrastructure is still pretty 
decent.  I'm having to tweak that to deal with being uprooted from
the mother ship, but the end result is that folks should be able
to run configure and make in one place.

>>>Karl Lehenbauer said:
 > I request that we get moving on this.
 > 
 > There is TIP 4 at http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/fellowsd-bin/TIP/4.html
 > 
 > And TIP 12 at http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/fellowsd-bin/TIP/12.html
 > 
 > Both describe the rationale for creating a BI distribution.
 > 
 > My take is that TIP 4 proposes a simple, minimalist approach, while TIP
 > 12 describes a multiphase project that is more complicated, may take
 > longer and involve more bickering, but does more and looks further ahead
 > than '4, addressing supporting extension writers and beginning to
 > describe a roadmap to networks installs and stuff that I think we all
 > ultimately want.
 > 
 > What are the implications of TclPro now being open source on a BI
 > distribution?  Ajuba was already building TclPro with a number of
 > extensions.  Can't we start with that?  (I assume everyone agrees TclPro
 > is a must-include for the BI release.)
 > 
 > What do you guys think of building TclPro using
 > Scriptics/Ajuba/Interwoven's existing build technology with the latest
 > versions of the core and extensions that Ajuba was already shipping as
 > TclPro, as a rev-1 of the BI release?
 > 
 > I really really want to get something out there -- an official release
 > from your new core team... a line in the sand... the most powerful
 > freely redistributable Tcl environment ever -- and the combination of
 > TclPro, some major extensions, and all the bug fixes is a Big Deal and
 > goes a Long Way to not just addressing many complaints but also pushing
 > out compelling new capabilities.
 > 
 > I request that we discuss this, come to some kind of agreement for near
 > term actions, and have people make promises for doing the things there
 > are to do to make a straightforward, TclPro-based BI release happen, by
 > December 8th, with a release date for an alpha version of BI of January
 > 15th, 2001.
 > 
 > --
 > Karl Lehenbauer
 > procplace.com
 > 
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--	Brent Welch	<bre...@in...>
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