[HEADS UP] Tcl/Tk on FreeBSD

[Kevin Oberman]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Chris Rees <utisoft at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 29 Nov 2012 05:48, "Kevin Oberman" <kob6558 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Pietro Cerutti <gahr at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > it is a honour to me to announce that we finally have an official ML
>> > dedicated to the maintainance of Tcl/Tk -related ports on FreeBSD.
>> >
>> > It's TclTk at FreeBSD.org. It's open, and you're welcome to join [1].
>> >
>> > We have set up a Wiki page at http://wiki.freebsd.org/TclTk and an IRC
>> > channel on EFNet/#freebsd-tcltk.
>> >
>> > We're really at the beginning and starting to organize work. It's gonna
>> > be fun!
>> >
>> > Among other things, we're planning to slowly move Tcl/Tk -related ports
>> > under the maintenance of TclTk at FreeBSD.org. If this rings a bell for a
>> > port that you're currently maintaining, please get in touch with us!
>> > We are not going to take anything by force, though.
>> >
>> > [1] http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-tcltk
>> >
>> > Hope to see you soon on TclTk@ and EFNet/#freebsd-tcltk!
>> >
>> > Pietro
>> > (subscriber #2 of tcltk@)
>>
>> Would "Tcl/Tk related ports" include mail/exmh? Brent has rolled a new
>> release and I have been thinnking about submitting an update. The
>> current version is seven years old, though it is still used by quite a
>> few people (including myself).
>
> No, it's a list for the language, not applications written in that language.

So I assumed until I looked at the wiki list of ports they were
maintaining or were planning to maintain which included many apps
written in Tcl/Tk. If it is just the language, why are they included?
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
E-mail: kob6558 at gmail.com