Feb 22 Tcl Meetup Notes
possible topics
* Google Summer Of Code 2022 [SEH]
* Tcl 9 - how can we help make it happen? [stevel]
* Unicode / 8.7 / 9.0 [oehhar] et al
Tcl 9
* Brian looked at the new text widget. There are some core dumps in tests to address. The purpose of the new text widget is speed.
* Tcl 9 beta. Any reason why not?
Robert Parker asked about json
Simon
* excited about Tcl 9
* would like to help
* is there a consolidated list of things that need doing? (Brian suggested the core ticket list)
* is there a consolidated list of what has been changed?
* is there a consolidated list of breaking changes?
* does 8.7 set changes in concrete too early? (Nathan please expand)
Unicode
* Tcl 9 full unicode
* do we need 8.7 compatibility? (Nathan, please expand)
* should we just jump to 9 and forget about 8.7? (Ashok)
8.7
* Ashok suggested getting 8.7 out without unicode changes ASAP, Brian supported. * Ashok asked about the driver for 8.7 in the TCL. [stevel] answered that it is clearly Don Porter who decides about the release progress. Next meeting, he might attend (97pm UTC was proposed by [stevel]).
* We want to get 8.7 & 9.0 out. Many great TIPS are ready since 8 years and we do not get them in production ([apn], [oehhar]). How can we unblock a release?
* [pooryorick] stated that he will skip 8.7 and invest only in 9.0. We have a lack of resources and 8.7 is just another complexity. * 8.7. exists because of the octal change, which is a breaking change on the string level [stevelBrian]
[chw] talked about some of the fancy stuff he's been doing - including rotating color emoji on a canvas. There was a discussion, if it was possible to have the sdl+agg branch in tk core.