Re: merging Tcl::Tk and Tcl::pTk

> On Nov 10, 2018, at 6:05 AM, Konovalov, Vadim =
<[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
> Hi there,
> =20
> Al long as full compatibility between Tcl::pTk and perl/Tk haven=E2=80=99=
t happened, I propose to spend some efforts on joining Tcl::Tk and =
Tck::pTk so to have some reasonable compatibility and single module so =
to not spread efforts among these?
> =20
> Regards,
> Vadim

Hi Vadim,

I have had similar thoughts on wanting to somehow merge Tcl::pTk and =
Tcl::Tk, as that would eliminate the recurring situation where =
improvements made in one have to be manually copied into the other, or a =
bug already fixed in one gets reported for the other. (Similar =
situations occur where Tcl::pTk copies code from Perl/Tk, but the =
original code has since had incompatible improvements made. I would like =
to track down any code copied from Perl/Tk and at least put comments =
saying where and which versions it was copied from.) I understand it was =
probably easiest for previous Tcl::pTk authors to accomplish what they =
needed by simply =E2=80=9Cforking=E2=80=9D Tcl::Tk, but I don=E2=80=99t =
think it has proven ideal for long-term maintenance.

However I doubt I am aware of what would be the best way to combine =
these. I still consider myself a beginner to Perl and Tcl, and =
(re-)architecting Perl modules is not something I'm familiar with. I=E2=80=
=99m also not inclined to simply discontinue Tcl::pTk in favor of the =
current Tcl::Tk, as Tcl::pTk is what I and others have used to run =
existing Perl/Tk programs with little effort.

So as an example, I imagine one approach is to have any functionality =
currently implemented by both modules only be implemented in Tcl::Tk, =
and then Tcl::pTk will depend on Tcl::Tk. Tcl::pTk then only implements =
the more "corner-case=E2=80=9D scenarios for improving Perl/Tk =
compatibility. But I do not know if this is possible nor if it is the =
best approach.

I wish to discuss this more in the future to get an idea of what options =
there are. I mainly wanted to post this a test=E2=80=94I finally got in =
touch with webmaster at perl dot org to ask about the mailing list =
blocking my emails. They=E2=80=99ve unblocked GMX, but there=E2=80=99s =
the possibility it will be blocked again in the future if spam is =
detected again=E2=80=A6

Christopher A. Chavez=