[Tcl-bugs] [Tk] (marc_culler) tkt (Open): Tests event-9.15 and event-9.20 are broken, and fail on macOS/aqua when fixed

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Ticket Change [ff7171f410e23f5bab0f1d43a30c5ae6d44a696f1d46472d809e0fbab4850cbf]
  [Tests event-9.15 and event-9.20 are broken, and fail on macOS/aqua when fixed]
  By      marc_culler
  For     Tk
  On      2025-10-13T00:46:48.923
  Details https://core.tcl-lang.org/tk/tinfo?name=ff7171f410e23f5bab0f1d43a30c5ae6d44a696f1d46472d809e0fbab4850cbf
  Ticket  https://core.tcl-lang.org/tk/tktview/c494cc25c4afef0425273eee288a7e7b02d260e7

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  icomment: Hi Erik, I agree that tcl_platform(osVersion) works as you say, namely
            it gives the same string as uname -r, and that it will be more
            efficient  than calling uname -r.

            The occurrence of 24, 25 and 26 in such close proximity is an
            unfortunate  coincidence. Apple releases a new OS every year, usually
            in September.  The name of the Apple kernel is Darwin. Each new OS
            release coincides with  a bump of the major version of the Darwin
            kernel. The kernel used in  Sequoia has major version 24 and the
            kernel used in Tahoe has major version  25.

            Apple has changed their OS numbering system according to someone's
            whim  as well. Since OSX began, the numbers have been:  10.1, 10.2,
            ... , 10.15, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and now 26.  The jump from 10.15 to
            11 was because it is pointless for every OS to  have major version 10.
            That makes the 10 meaningless. It might be better  to increase the
            major version with each release cycle and use the minor  version for
            system updates during the year when the system is current.  The jump
            from 15 to 26 was based on the idea that the major version may as
            well be the same as the year of release. But, wait, the release is
            always  around September, not January 1. So the release is current for
            about 3  months of one year and about 9 months of the next year. It
            might be nice  if the major OS version matched the year during which a
            given release will  be current for about 9 months. Hence 26 for the
            current release which  began in 2025.

            The fact that the major version of the kernel is now 1 less than the
            major  version of the OS is because the first Darwin kernel was
            released on  5 April, 2000.
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