Re: [TCLCORE] Tcl/Tk 9.0b3 Release Candidate

[Paul O. <pa...@po...>]

Builds fine on my BAWT build environments using Windows, Linux, Mac, Raspi.

A note to extension developers:
With Tcl 9.0.b3 the fconfigure option "-encoding binary" is no longer supported and throws an error.
Affected extensions are:
Tk/library/print.tcl
critcl
ooxml
tcllib (several modules)
tclssg
Tkhtml
tklib/ico

This new behaviour is also not yet listed at
https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/wiki?name=Migrating%20scripts%20to%20Tcl%209

Regards,
Paul

Am 25.07.2024 um 20:46 schrieb Donald G Porter via Tcl-Core:
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> Now available at
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> https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/9.0b3/
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> are RC0 candidate source code distribution pre-releases of Tcl 9.0b3 and Tk 9.0b3.
>
> This is the first of a sequence of candidate releases leading to the release of
> Tcl/Tk 9.0b3.  Testing of builds and operations on multiple platforms is invited.  Open
> tickets on any problems discovered, or raise the issue in a reply to this message.
> The aim is to clean up the problems that are easily discovered so that a broader
> audience receiving the Tcl/Tk 9.0b3 release can focus attention on deeper issues
> needing beta testing to discover.
>
> The Thread package included with Tcl 9.0b3 is version Thread 3.0b4, and includes
> bug fixes compared to prior bundled releases.  All other bundled packages included
> with Tcl 9.0b3 are releases that have already been included in some prior Tcl release.
>
> Documentation is not yet included while some failures of `make html` are resolved.
>
> Beta releases of Tcl/Tk 9.0 have been a great success at achieving a growing circle
> of testing of the broad universe of Tcl/Tk programs.  Each one has brought up bugs
> and issues to be resolved, improving the quality of Tcl/Tk 9.0. Spread the word.
>
> Thank you for your contributions and assistance.
>