Re: [MACTCL] ActiveState Tcl/Tk 8.5.18.0 and 8.6.4.0 is now out

[Russell O. <ro...@uw...>]

On 4/28/15 3:02 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote:
>> Thank you!
>>
>> I'd been running a version build from the March 24 code, which has been
>> working pretty well. I've had a few complaints from users about windows
>> occasionally failing to close and one about a problem scrolling, but
>> otherwise just fine. In any case it's probably pretty close to
>> ActiveState's version. And it may be worth trying some newer source code.
>>
>> I cannot seem to find those hashes. Are they git commits or some other VCS?
>>
>> -- Russell
>>
>>
> Any reason you can't just build your own? AS is most valuable if it is a
> dependency for your app and you encourage your end users to install it,
> but  it does not offer any real advantage over building your own as a
> component of your app, especially if trunk is ahead of AS in terms of
> bug fixes and improvements, as it is here.

I'm quite willing to build my own, but I prefer to use tagged or 
official releases when I can, just because it makes it easier to 
document and keep track of what I am using. Also, using prerelease 
software tends to make others uneasy.

What is the state of the source code? Would you recommend using today's 
master, or is there there pending work I should wait for or an older 
commit that is especially trustworthy? I don't release new versions of 
my application very often, so I can afford to wait for a "sweet spot" to 
update Tcl/Tk.

I see that there was some work on button sizing (it appears to be space 
around the text) which is great (button text is very, very cramped on 
MacOS compared to unix; I have hacked around this) but it got withdrawn. 
Some other changes look promising.

-- Russell