[Pkg-tcltk-devel] [RFC] Aspects of policy to be discussed

[Michael Schlenker]

Francesco P. Lovergine schrieb:
> I tried to summarize the current de facto policy used for Tcl/Tk packages
> and extensions (both core ones and not). There are some peculiarities of
> Tcl/Tk which need for sure more clarifications and specializations
> probably.
> 
> http://pkg-tcltk.alioth.debian.org/tcltk-policy.html/
> 
> A couple of comments:
>  
> Auto_path
> ---------
> The auto_path issue is the most critical IMHO. I found current status
> largerly under-optimal for performances and not consistent with 
> other scripting languages (and distributions too). My own proposal 
> is summarized in the draft policy. This should be considered a Lenny goal 
> and violating packages should be bugged and fixed before releasing.
> 
The auto_path issue is the most critical, yes.

For Tcl 8.5 there is a new packaging mechanism introduced, to address
the slow performance, but its orthogonal to the old package mechanism.
(see http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/189 and http://wiki.tcl.tk/12999)
This module approach should be addressed in the policy too, also its not
as pressing yet. Tcl modules are prime candidates for being third party
addons, similar to CPAN perl modules).

Michael