Re: [TCLCORE] Merging TkAqua Cocoa port into Tk HEAD

[Kevin W. <kw...@co...>]

Youness Alaoui wrote:

>>
> That's a big issue for us.. Isn't it possible to have Tk use
> Carbon on < 10.5 and use Cocoa on > 10.5.. I'm sure it adds
> more work and maintainance, but it would allow a broader
> audience to use Tk apps... forcing the use of 10.5 for Tk is
> not such a great idea...i

In general, Mac OS users are much more likely to have the current OS 
installed than users on other platforms, such as Windows. With 10.6 
nearing release, 10.5 is going to become a legacy platform very quickly.

> However, app developers could ship their products with 8.5 bundled
> for < 10.5 and 8.6 bundled for >= 10.5 (like we currently ship aMSN
> with tk 8.4 for windows 95 users and tk 8.5 for winXP+ users)
>
This is certainly a practical solution, but I wonder how necessary it 
will be.

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Kevin Walzer
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