Tcl/Tk 8.6a3

Tcl/Tk 8.6 の次のリリースはβリリースになるだろうというのが当初の話でしたが、結局まだαでリリースすることになりそうです。

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:05:59 -0400
From: Donald G Porter <dgp at nist.gov>
To: Tcl List Core <tcl-core at lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [TCLCORE] Tcl/Tk 8.6a3 Release

The release files for Tcl/Tk 8.6a3 are now available at

   ftp://ftp.tcl.tk/pub/tcl/tcl8_6/

The announcement and the availability for download from SourceForge are
on hold until I can write up the release notes.  Not long, but not 
today.  If you discover any flaws in the release serious enough to stop
the announcement, please let me know.

-- 
| Don Porter          Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division |
| donald.porter at nist.gov          Information Technology Laboratory |
| http://math.nist.gov/~DPorter/                                  NIST |
|______________________________________________________________________|

まだαリリースに留まる理由は、４日ぐらい前のメールで次のように説明されていて、βリリースは１２月１日頃になると修正されていました。確かに、TIP がたくさん発行されていて、関連する話題で最近の Tcl のメーリングリストは賑わっています。

Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:10:01 -0400
From: Donald G Porter <dgp at nist.gov>
To: Tcl List Core <tcl-core at lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [TCLCORE] Tcl/Tk 8.6 Feature Freeze - revised schedule.

There will be a release of Tcl/Tk this Friday, October 10, 2008, but it
will be labeled 8.6a3, and not 8.6b1 as previously announced.  The new
target date for 8.6b1, and the feature freeze that goes with it is
approximately December 1, 2008.

The recent flood of TIP activity has simply bitten off more than we
can fully digest by Friday.  And even that flood has left a number of
key proposals undone.  This rescheduling of feature freeze will also
permit the gathering of feedback on new features from those at the
conference before those features get frozen.

-- 
| Don Porter          Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division |
| donald.porter at nist.gov          Information Technology Laboratory |
| http://math.nist.gov/~DPorter/                                  NIST |
|______________________________________________________________________|

なお、Tcl/Tk 8.5.5 が来週水曜日ごろに正式にリリースされる予定です。リリース予定のソースは以下から入手できます。

ftp://ftp.tcl.tk/pub/tcl/tcl8_5/