Attachment "pat.README" to
ticket [607776ffff]
added by
lvirden
2002-09-11 18:59:08.
--- README.bak Mon Sep 2 16:10:58 2002
+++ README Wed Sep 11 07:56:43 2002
@@ -59,3 +59,3 @@
-There are many Tcl books on the market. Most are listed at
+There have been many Tcl books on the market. Most are listed at
http://www.tcl.tk/resource/doc/books/
@@ -114,5 +114,7 @@
-There is a network news group "comp.lang.tcl" intended for the exchange of
+There is a USENET news group, "comp.lang.tcl", intended for the exchange of
information about Tcl, Tk, and related applications. The newsgroup is a
-great place to ask general information questions. For bug reports, please
+great place to ask general information questions. There is also
+a USENET news group, "comp.lang.tcl.announce", intended to announce new
+releases of software, training, and more. For bug reports, please
see the "Support and bug fixes" section below.
@@ -124,5 +126,5 @@
and/or Tk and made them freely available to the Tcl community. An archive
-of these contributions is kept on the machine ftp.neosoft.com. You
+of these contributions is kept on the machine ftp.procplace.com. You
can access the archive using anonymous FTP; the Tcl contributed archive is
-in the directory "/pub/tcl". The archive also contains several FAQ
+in the directory "/pub/tcl/". The archive also contains several FAQ
("frequently asked questions") documents that provide solutions to problems
@@ -165,7 +167,8 @@
We will log and follow-up on each bug, although we cannot promise a
-specific turn-around time. Enhancements may take longer and may not happen
-at all unless there is widespread support for them (we're trying to slow
-the rate at which Tcl/Tk turns into a kitchen sink). It's very difficult
-to make incompatible changes to Tcl/Tk at this point, due to the size of
-the installed base.
+specific turn-around time. Enhancements, reported via the Feature
+Requests form at the same web site, may take longer and may not happen
+at all unless there is widespread support for them (we're trying to
+slow the rate at which Tcl/Tk turns into a kitchen sink). It's very
+difficult to make incompatible changes to Tcl/Tk at this point, due to
+the size of the installed base.
@@ -174,3 +177,3 @@
comp.lang.tcl. We read the newsgroup and will attempt to answer esoteric
-questions for which no-one else is likely to know the answer. In addition,
+questions for which no one else is likely to know the answer. In addition,
see the following Web site for links to other organizations that offer
