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Recent Cygwin/Tk move to Cygwin/X (was Re: Problems with tkinter after python upgrade on cygwin)
- From: ht at inf dot ed dot ac dot uk (Henry S. Thompson)
- To: "Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" <yselkowitz at users dot sourceforge dot net>
- Cc: Cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:53:25 +0000
- Subject: Recent Cygwin/Tk move to Cygwin/X (was Re: Problems with tkinter after python upgrade on cygwin)
- References: <908B205B0EBCC1449FC2AA01C62F101C0150DA20@filexch.lodam.local> <20120215022520.GC2076@tishler.net>
I wonder if you could share with us the reason for making this move,
which seems pretty disruptive. It significantly increases the
overhead in using Cygwin to deliver Tk-based applications, and will
require many users to come to grips with Cygwin/X installation and
maintenance. I've been very happy with the performance of GDI-based
Tk for over 10 years, but now I'm stuck with having to choose between
using a non-updating version of Tcl/Tk, or installing Cygwin/X,
neither of which is a very attractive proposition. . .
ht
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