Maintainer for Mac OS 8/9 (WAS RE: [TCLCORE] The Big TIP Round-Up - Tip 51)

[Larry W. V. <lv...@ca...>]

>  But it doesn't 
> make much sense to run Classic MacTk if you can run AquaTk just as 
> easily...

I certainly understand the original question - how long does a team
provide active support for previous versions of operating systems.
As was mentioned earlier, it's a question that came up for Windows,
and probably comes up for Solaris, HP/UX, AIX, etc.

However, does the quote above imply, then, that all Tk extensions and
apps will compile without changes against AquaTk?  If that is not the
case, then will they compile without changes against the X Windows
version of MacTk?

If the answer to the first of these questions is yes, or if the answer
to both of these questions is no, then I understand the opinion.

Otherwise, if some users are going to find themselves moving to other
languages because mactcl has lost its support for the x window environment,
that would surely be a shame.



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