Re: [TCLCORE] Notification of potential incompatibility for releases 8.6.15 (and possibly 9.0.0)

[elns <el...@xs...>]

On 9/9/24 09:38, Harald Oehlmann wrote:
> Erik,
> (sorry, to have used the French spelling and not the nordic one)
> I did not get where the issue is. We have a good fix.
> Is the mentioning in the changes file ok?

I wouldn't do anything before knowing the opinion of Francois, in this case.

Erik.
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> Other improvements to propose?
> 
> Your analysis, bugfixes and texts are always great and detailed, but need a long time to read. And 
> there are 5 linked tickets. I am so happy, that this stuff is addressed and fixed and at least 
> Francois and you still understand what is happening. Events (cross platform) are so difficult.
> You remember perhaps my intention to let a frame shrink to 1x1, if the last child is unpacked -> did 
> not work, we have implemented a workaround notification event....
> 
> Anyway, thanks for all,
> Harald
> 
> Am 09.09.2024 um 09:00 schrieb elns:
>> On 9/9/24 08:31, Harald Oehlmann wrote:
>>> Dear Eric,
>>> thank you for pointing this out. The ticket is:
>>> https://core.tcl-lang.org/tk/info/47d4f29159
>>> Perhaps, Francois may give a comment on this.
>>> I am ready to help.
>>> What user documentation should be changed ?
>>>
>>
>> Oh, the problem isn't the documentation. No need to change anything.
>>
>> I just wanted to point out the argument that a notification about a potential incompatibility may 
>> NOT be necessary because the behaviour that the fix corrects wasn't documented in the first place.
>>
>> Erik.
>> __
>>
>>
>>> Thank you for all,
>>> Harald
>>>
>>> Am 07.09.2024 um 18:25 schrieb elns:
>>>> On 9/7/24 17:42, elns wrote:
>>>>> W.r.t. the upcoming releases 8.6.15 and 9.0.0:
>>>>>
>>>>> These releases are the first ones that include the fix for Tk ticket #47d4f29159.
>>>>>
>>>>> That fix addressed an unfortunate policy decision rather than an inadvertency.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe relevant: that policy decision wasn't mentioned in any user documentation.
>>>> So, users couldn't have relied on that. Nevertheless, Csaba Nemethi made adaptations to one of 
>>>> his packages because of this fix.
>>>>
>>>>> So there is a slim chance of surprise here. Shouldn't users of the new releases
>>>>> be made aware of the potential incompatibility introduced by that fix ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Erik Leunissen.
>>>>> -- 
>>>>
>>>
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