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This patch adds the package dependency checking
to all the packages distributed with Tcl.

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...and now the HEAD.

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Right, so we'll stick with the simple approach.

Committed 8.3.x branch.

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Timeframe 8.3.3.3. is Aug 16.
The bug fixes are non-controversial. About upgrading the
distributed packages I am not sure.

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Here's the patch for core-8-3-1-branch.  It brings all
the packages bundled with Tcl 8.3.x up to the latest
patchlevel consistent with the last minor release already
distributed with a Tcl 8.3.x release.  That is, it makes
bug fixes.  That should be non-controversial.

I think it would be fine to upgrade all the way to the
HEAD version of these packages myself (for example,
msgcat is now in 1.2.x and tcltest in 2.0.x), but I'd
want some other opinions on that.

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I've cleaned up the duplicate directories
under library/ on the core-8-3-1-branch

(f.e. library/opt and library/opt0.4 )

in preparation for a package dependency patch
on that branch.

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What's the time frame for 8.3.3.3 ?  If it's hours, then
no, I won't have anything, but I can probably give you 
something tomorrow.

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Ok, nothing for the upcoming ActiveTcl 8.3.3.3 then.
For now.

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No, this patch is for the HEAD only.

If we want to back-port the version number 1.2.2
for package msgcat onto core-8-3-1-branch, then we
need to backport all the changes between version 1.1
and 1.2.2 of msgcat as well, so that "msgcat 1.2.2"
always means the same thing whether bundled with
Tcl 8.4b1 or with Tcl 8.3.4.

So far, Jeff's strategy has been to keep the bundled
packages in the "stable" branch "frozen", I think.

I'll see if I can come up with a suitable patch for
core-8-3-1-branch, but I'm certain this is not it.

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Is this patch usable for 8.3.3 (core-8-3-1-branch) too ?

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