From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id XAA19161; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 23:26:49 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA09289 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 23:26:48 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail3.tpgi.com.au (mail.tpgi.com.au [203.12.160.59]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h7ALQkf28441 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 23:26:47 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from 203-219-225-62-syd-ts24-2600.tpgi.com.au (203-219-225-62-syd-ts24-2600.tpgi.com.au [203.219.225.62]) by mail3.tpgi.com.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h7ALQTq18856; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 07:26:30 +1000 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: Tcl/Tk and RH 9 From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@ozemail.com.au To: "Alexander V. Voinov" Cc: Jacques Garrigue , caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <3F35A58E.3030804@quasar.ipa.nw.ru> References: <1060394583.12630.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20030809211030X.garrigue@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp> <1060446815.10145.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20030810104355T.garrigue@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp> <3F35A58E.3030804@quasar.ipa.nw.ru> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1060550794.6174.94.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 11 Aug 2003 07:26:35 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; ozemail:01 caml-list:01 voinov:01 python:01 gcc:01 traceback:01 stdin:01 gtk:01 alexander:01 face:98 government:98 module:03 heap:03 wrote:03 tcl:05 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Sun, 2003-08-10 at 11:53, Alexander V. Voinov wrote: > I do not mean that this would turn me to like > Tcl/Tk, but this is the reality we face. This is the reality we face: ----------------------------------------------- [skaller@localhost] ~>python Python 2.2.2 (#1, Feb 24 2003, 19:13:11) [GCC 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-4)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import Tkinter Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? ImportError: No module named Tkinter >>> -------------------------------------------- This is a standard, out of the box install of RH9. If, for example, Government departments buy a heap of Linux boxes and install RH9, they won't get Tk as part of the deal. So it would be foolish to continue development of products that use it if you want to be part of the growing market of vendors of enterprise level packages for Linux. Redhat has swung soldily behind Gtk. To the point Tk is no longer considered worth installing by default. Enterprise software such as Open Office doesn't use it. It is no longer part of the enterprise level users software base. ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners