Re: [Tile-dev] Release plans

[Oscar B. <ob...@bi...>]

On Oct 3, 2006, at 9:58 AM, Jeff Hobbs wrote:

> Oscar Bonilla wrote:
>> On Oct 3, 2006, at 9:43 AM, Jeff Hobbs wrote:
>>> problem.  Noone is playing nag-meister.  Another issue is that =20
>>> noone is
>>> pointing out a "critical" need for 8.5 - feature-wise or company
>>> backing.  So why nag?
>>
>> So what's the value of 8.5? I mean, if every single feature that is
>> existent in 8.5 has been back-ported to 8.4. What's 8.5's
>> raison d'=EAtre?
>
> Exactly - that is the best response so far for Larry's other =20
> question.  It has
> no raison d'=EAtre currently.  It is waiting for Ttk inclusion (which =20=

> I have
> mostly sandboxed, but is totally lacking doc and needs more tests) and
> (possibly) oo.  Each is a feature-defining release point.  8.5 also =20=

> has
> {expand} and dict, but dict is backported and {expand} is not =20
> release-defining
> in itself.  There are of course many more changes already:
> 	http://wiki.tcl.tk/10630
>
> While they may fill up a whole, it's nothing earth-shattering to =20
> many.  8.5
> without Tile and/or oo might as well not be (IOW: can wait).

But while it waits it's dragging considerable resources to backport =20
stuff to 8.4. That's a hidden but measurable cost. So the "can wait" =20
part is really costly.

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