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

[Stefan Sobernig]

Hi Sergei,

>> Once a fix is provided and the package updated, will it become unmarked
>> automatically or do we have to apply for unmarking explicitly?
>
> It'll be unmarked automatically.

I took a closer look, and I am left a little puzzled. In 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=724816 your state that

> This happens because the Tcl/Tk upstream removed stubs table from libtcl8.6.so
> and libtk8.6.so (they are still present in the latest libtcl8.5.so and
> libtk8.5.so). This change seems to be intentional, see [1], so I guess the
> stubs will not return.

What is source [1] you are referring to, it is left out from the 
message?! I cannot spot any hint in tcl-core or comp.lang.tcl in this 
direction.

I am also wondering because ...

I can build xotcl 1.6.7 against 8.6.1 and 8.6.2 beta (fossil trunk) 
using tclstub8.6 ... I confirm, however, that 8.6.0 does not spit out 
libtclstub8.6, therefore, the xotcl built fails (as any other stub-based 
extension would do).

I am not all that sure that this is "by intention" here.

Thx,
Stefan