[Pkg-tcltk-devel] Tcl 8.6 as default in "jessie": XOTcl to NSF transition

[Hector Romojaro]

Hi!

> > Well, currently only dotlrn and openacs are the packages which depend on xotcl,
> > so, if they can be ported to the new NSF then the old xotcl may be even removed
> > at all (though if you're willing to maintain it the removal isn't necessary).
> 
> Well, the ones pending upload (Frankie has already been contacted by 
> Héctor as for new versions of openacs and dotlrn, if I am not mistaken) 
> are already compatible with NSF (i.e., XOTcl 2.0).

Yes, openacs 5.8.0 is waiting for an upgrade of aolserver4-nspostgres
package (frankie??):
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725521

Dotlrn, however, whilst being the last version released upstream, is
still very old (2.5.0, based on openacs-core 5.5.1). Are you sure it
supports NSF?

I have been talking with Gustaf about dotlrn status, because of that,
and what the future plans for dotlrn are, and discussing about its
permanency on the debian archive. AFAIK, there are plans to release a
new version using openacs-core 5.8.x in the future, but i fear it could
not be on time for jessie...

Kind regards,

Héctor