Re: [Tcllib-devel] Tcllib - Reopened discussion on what packages to putinto it.

[Virden, L. W. <lv...@ca...>]

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I'd prefer to see tklib and tcllib remain relatively self-enclosed. I
understand having performance bumps if some other package is present. I
even understand where perhaps additional functionality is available, if
some particular version of tcl or some additional package (such as tls)
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I would propose that collecting libraries that have other types of
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Since we already see a resistance from certain parts of the community
towards downloading additional packages, it would seem to me to be a
move in the wrong direction to add even more dependencies to tcllib or
tklib.

In this way, people who want to minimize dependencies will continue to
be assured that downloading tcllib will not result in the need for other
items.

Of course, one could argue that just by getting the packages being
proposed into a TEAPOT repository (along with their dependant
extensions) one solves a lot of the issues up front.

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