by [Mark Roseman] - 'DejaNews:'' [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=457575393]

''Take some time this week to try out the 8.1b2 release, and report any bugs you find. After the next cut (in a few weeks) it will be show-stoppers only, with a final release around end of April.''

   * Beta 2 of Tcl/Tk 8.1 has been released (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=456403107])
   * The schedule for the rest of the 8.1 beta cycle (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=456417940])
   * Jeff Hobbs provides us with his notes on the Tcl Extension Architecture Summit held this past week (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=456529200])
   * You may have noticed posts refering to the Tclers Wiki, a new collaboratively edited information resource http://purl.org/thecliff/tcl/wiki/
   * Bruce Adams releases a spec for extending Tcl's existing introspection facilities (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=456448568])
   * Richard Franks reminds us that until Tk's image support gets overhauled, our applications may look bad (thread [http://www.dejanews.com/thread/456693776])