[Pkg-tcltk-devel] Bug#734838: Bug#734838: Many applications depend on tcl8.4

[Sergei Golovan]

Hi Nye,

On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Nye Liu <nyet at nyet.org> wrote:
> It looks like it is already missing from testing, which broke a bunch of
> my old apps.

Well, Tcl/Tk 8.4 is discontinued upstream, version 8.5 is available for
almost 8 years already, so we can't ship 8.4 with Debian any more.

>
> Is there a interim or compatibility package for tcl8.4 and libtcl8.4 in
> testing or stable?

There's no such packages. If you absolutely need Tcl/Tk 8.4 you can
grap the packages from unstable. They are still available.

Cheers!
-- 
Sergei Golovan