FS#677 - Compile the tcl package with threads enabled by default

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Benjamin Bytheway (bytheway) - Saturday, 03 April 2004, 07:12 GMT
Last edited by dorphell (dorphell) - Saturday, 03 April 2004, 15:29 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Current
Status Closed
Assigned To dorphell (dorphell)
Architecture not specified
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.6 Widget
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

There are some packages that I would like to contribute to arch that require tcl to be compiled with threads enabled (like aolserver).

Enabling threads in the tcl package does not add instability like threads in other scripting languages. The one side effect of a threads-enabled package is a very slight decrease in performance. This should be an accpetable tradeoff for the gain that having a thread-ready tcl package can provide. (Just for comparison, debian ships its tcl 8.4 packages with threads enabled, so others are finding it safe as well)
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Closed by  dorphell (dorphell)
Monday, 05 April 2004, 21:27 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented

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