Version 6 of Apr 22 Tcl Meetup notes

Updated 2022-04-12 05:40:38 by stevel

Tcl Meetup, 2022-04-12

Possible topics:

• single file distributions "blessed" by the community (i.e. tclkits of some form for common platforms) - stevel
  • a downloads page with links for common platforms
  • single file executable to make it easier to try / remove
    • this doesn't preclude installers and platform specific app bundles
  • a lite version containing just Tcl/Tk and a batteries included version with common extensions
  • what technology for the VFS? zip / xvfs / SQLite / whatever?
    • keen for rkeene to comment on xvfs
    • rz has done a lot with zipkits on Tcl 8.7
    • what about drh's ideas on using SQLite
  • code signing for both Tcl/Tk and apps deployed using it
    • apn mentioned Authenticode on Windows
    • rz mentioned the Euro meeting mentioned the need to attach app code to a tclkit and sign it
  • need to consider dkf's work on continuous integration which builds tclkits
  • JCW has provided a pure Tcl metakit reader ReadKit which could be used to provide backwards compatibility with existing starkits that use Metakit