Tcl/Tk 8.5.9 が 9 月 8 日付けでリリースされました。Tcl/Tk 8.5 の 9 番目のパッチリリースです。バグフィックスが中心で、付属パッケージのバージョンアップもされています。
最近のリリース周期はすっかり穏やかなペースになり、今回は、8.5.8 から約 10 ヶ月ぶりのリリースになりました。
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:42:34 -0400
From: Donald G Porter <donald.porter at nist.gov>
To: Tcl List Core <tcl-core at lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [TCLCORE] Tcl/Tk 8.5.9 RELEASED
Tcl/Tk 8.5.9 Release Announcement
September 8, 2010
The Tcl Core Team is pleased to announce the 8.5.9 releases of the Tcl
dynamic language and the Tk toolkit. This is the ninth patch release
of Tcl/Tk 8.5. More details can be found below. We would like to
express our gratitude to all those who submit bug reports and patches.
This information is invaluable in enabling us to identify and eliminate
problems in the core.
Where to get the new releases:
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Tcl/Tk 8.5.9 sources are freely available as open source from the
Tcl Developer Xchange web site at:
http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.5.html
This web page also contains additional information about the releases,
including new features and notes about installing and compiling the
releases. Sources are always available from the Tcl SourceForge
project's file distribution area:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10894
Binaries for most major platforms are available from:
http://www.activestate.com/Tcl
For additional information:
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Please visit the Tcl Developer Xchange web site:
http://www.tcl.tk/
This site contains a variety of information about Tcl/Tk in general, the
core Tcl and Tk distributions, Tcl development tools, and much more.
Summary of Changes since Tcl/Tk 8.5.8:
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The following were the main changes in Tcl/Tk 8.5.9. A complete list
can be found in the changes file at the root of the source tree. The
more complete ChangeLog is also included with each source release. This
is a patch release, so it primarily includes bug fixes and corrections
to erratic behavior. Below are only the most notable changes.
* TIP 359: new X11 option: [wm attributes -type]
- stops inappropriate Compiz animation of Tk menu & combobox.
* TIP 360: modernize menus on X11.
* New widget [ttk::spinbox].
* [lappend arr(elem)] no longer fires read traces as it inconsistently
has in some situations, but not in others.
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
* [tk_getOpenFile] on Windows: unlimited multiple-file selection.
* [load] uses LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH for fewer surprises when
bringing in DLLs via dependencies on Windows.
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
* Updated [send] security rules to current Ubuntu/Fedora conventions.
* Fixed [wm iconphoto] on LP64 unix systems.
* [chan copy] of more than 2**31 bytes is now possible.
* min() and max() functions now work in safe interps.
* [$menu delete $tooBig end] now properly a no-op.
* canvas items now properly updated when canvas state changes.
* Revised [ttk::sizegrip] to accommodate Compiz.
* Revised default Text bindings for
