Index of pages on this wiki dealing with source and or binary distribution(s) of Tcl [Category Tcl Implementations%|%implementation%|%]s and [Category Package%|%packages%|%] / [extension]s.
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'''See also:''' * [Category Development] - distributed files have to be developed first.
* [Category Deployment] - distributed files have to be deployed. * [Category Package] - distributed files most likely should be packages.
* [Category Tcl Implementations] - distributed files might target specific implementations. * [Category Development] - distributed files have to be developed first.
* [Category Dev. Tools] - this can have or need support for managing distributions.
<<discussion>>[LEG] 2025-07-17: moving pages out of this category, which are not (directly) related to Tcl/Tk
or pacakge distributions. This includes packaging formats, packagers and porting notes.
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''[escargo] 15 Jul 2003'' -
How is this category related to [Category Deployment]?
[lv] distribution was, primarily in my mind, a category used to tag pages dealing with
the various ways that tcl and associated source or binaries are currently available for someone -
sort of the practical/user flipside of deployment.
''[escargo]'' - Does this mean the distribution of Tcl/Tk as a development environment (or
tools for the development of deployable applications)?
[lv] well, a dev environment or application infrastructure/framework...
joe wants to run [tkoutline] or whatever, and discovers he needs to ''install tcl'' first -
he is no developer - just a user wanting to ''plug in the toaster''.
A binary distribution allows that to happen; on a new or peculiar platform,
more pain is ahead as a source distribution. is needed.
In either case, this is NOT a developer situation....
''[escargo]'' - The more you say that this is so users can run applications,
the more this category sounds like a duplication of deployment.
[lv] certainly there is overlap - however - for most tcl apps, the deployment
issues are solved by the statement 'go get a tcl distribution'.
This category ties the issues of building, locating, installing, etc.
a tcl distribution.
But it's okay - feel free to tag the same pages with both categories.
My hands hurt too much to continue today.
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