Just of couple of thoughts about Damon's proposal to drop 8.4 support for good.
Giving as granted we are using Tcl8.5 from now on we can obviously expand, reform and/or complement commands and packages. I'm sure Damon is thinking of our database access module for example. Also smaller databases (headers, cookies, forms, environment) may benefit of dicts to improve their interface. This is not only about the core but also programming style and object interfaces so I thought we could have a page on the wiki where we can keep a list of new ideas and proposals. Furthermore 8.6 is bringing new remarkable stuff to Tcl and this might require some planning and ability to look far ahead.
I created a page on the wiki at http://wiki.apache.org/tcl/RivetPlanning. I chose to put in on the Apache's wiki, but maybe it would be more visible on wiki.tcl.tk....
-- Massimo On 09/10/2010 04:27 AM, Damon Courtney wrote:
I think it's time to drop support for Tcl 8.4 in the next release. We've got 2.0.1 out there that works with 8.4, but 8.4 is getting long in the tooth and will soon be EOL'd. I'm already running everything on 8.6, and Karl has been on 8.5 for a while now. As I make changes to the core, I'd like to use newer 8.5 code like dicts and ensembles. I can see already from the 2.0.1 release notes that we've added a calendar package that requires 8.5 or 8.4 with dicts. It's time to drop 8.4. People who still need it for whatever reason can stay with the last supported version of Rivet (which will be 2.0.1 if we all agree). This is not to say that we will be purposely ripping out a bunch of code and replacing it with 8.5, just that the developers don't have to worry about using the nicer pieces of 8.5 going forward. What say you? D
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