[MACTCL] Full merge of OS X Cocoa port to Tk 8.5 main branch?

[Jeff H. <je...@ac...>]

Is there any concern with having the 'tk-cocoa-8-5-backport' merged into 
'core-8-5-branch'?  This will only effect OS X.  Both Apple and 
ActiveState build from the Cocoa port, and aside from some tricky edge 
cases with event handling, it has been considered the better variant for 
years now.

The reason it exists is that 8.5 started (long ago) with a full Carbon 
OS X interface.  Daniel Steffen worked to get QD out, then on the full 
Cocoa port.  You can't build Carbon 64-bit (thanks Apple), and it is 
generally deprecated in OS X.

8.5 has lived a long life, and it would seem that maintaining the Carbon 
interface has been outlived.

Jeff

On 07/08/2012 2:53 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote:
...
> Jeff, I have no objection to migrating the Cocoa backport to the 8.5
> main branch--it would make my life, and I'm sure Andreas's, a lot
> simpler. The backport is fragile and maintaining it separately is a pain
> in the rear, especially since no one uses the Carbon branch anymore and
> I hear a lot of complaints about how hard it is to find the Cocoa branch
> in 8.5.
>
> I'm not sure I'm the person to do the merge, but I'll help in any way I
> can. Other thoughts are appreciated.