tcltk: proposal to replace with 1_8 branch head

[Mamoru Tasaka]

Hello, all:

Currently there are at least 2 bug reports against ruby tcltk module which
say that even some simple ruby scripts using ruby tcltk cause ruby crash:
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=560053
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=590503
Also I tried /usr/share/doc/ruby-tcltk-1.8.6.399/tk/sample/demos-en/widget
but this also causes segfault. So it seem that currently Fedora's tk support
on ruby is completely broken.

We now use ruby 1.8.6.x branch, however looking at
http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/branches/ruby_1_8_6/ext/tk/
ext/tk codes for 1.8.6.x branch are generally 2 years old and it looks that
these codes are not so much maintained. So instead of using 1.8.6.x branch
ext/tk, I propose to replace ext/tk tree with that of ruby_1_8 branch, i.e.
http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/branches/ruby_1_8/ext/tk/
as suggested by one of the ext/tk tree authors:
http://www.dumbo.ai.kyutech.ac.jp/nagai/RubyTk/?%BA%C7%BF%B7%C8%C7%A4%CER...
(note: the above url is in Japanese).

For now I tried to use 1.8.6p399 tarball + ext/tk directory of ruby_1_8 branch head
and the trial rpms are:
For F-14:
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2180611
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/mtasaka/task_2180611/
For F-13:
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2180618
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/mtasaka/task_2180618/
For F-12:
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2180631
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/mtasaka/task_2180631/

It seems that with these rpms the above 2 bugs are fixed and 
/usr/share/doc/ruby-tcltk-1.8.6.399/tk/sample/demos-en/widget works
( /usr/share/doc/ruby-tcltk-1.8.6.399/tk/sample/demos-jp/widget has
  some easy iconv related mistakes and need fixing ).
I want to push these rpms if there are no terrific errors on these
rpms. Any suggestions or opinions are welcomed.

Regards,
Mamoru

[Mamoru Tasaka]

Hello, all:

Mamoru Tasaka wrote, at 05/12/2010 02:33 AM +9:00:
>  Hello, all:
>
>  Currently there are at least 2 bug reports against ruby tcltk module which
>  say that even some simple ruby scripts using ruby tcltk cause ruby crash:
>  - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=560053
>  - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=590503
>  Also I tried /usr/share/doc/ruby-tcltk-1.8.6.399/tk/sample/demos-en/widget
>  but this also causes segfault. So it seem that currently Fedora's tk support
>  on ruby is completely broken.
>
>  We now use ruby 1.8.6.x branch, however looking at
>  http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/branches/ruby_1_8_6/ext/tk/
>  ext/tk codes for 1.8.6.x branch are generally 2 years old and it looks that
>  these codes are not so much maintained. So instead of using 1.8.6.x branch
>  ext/tk, I propose to replace ext/tk tree with that of ruby_1_8 branch, i.e.
>  http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/branches/ruby_1_8/ext/tk/
>  as suggested by one of the ext/tk tree authors:
>
> http://www.dumbo.ai.kyutech.ac.jp/nagai/RubyTk/?%BA%C7%BF%B7%C8%C7%A4%CER...
>  (note: the above url is in Japanese).
>
>  For now I tried to use 1.8.6p399 tarball + ext/tk directory of ruby_1_8 branch head
>  and the trial rpms are:
>  For F-14:
>  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2180611
>  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/mtasaka/task_2180611/
>  For F-13:
>  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2180618
>  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/mtasaka/task_2180618/
>  For F-12:
>  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2180631
>  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/mtasaka/task_2180631/
>
>  It seems that with these rpms the above 2 bugs are fixed and
>  /usr/share/doc/ruby-tcltk-1.8.6.399/tk/sample/demos-en/widget works
>  ( /usr/share/doc/ruby-tcltk-1.8.6.399/tk/sample/demos-jp/widget has
>     some easy iconv related mistakes and need fixing ).
>  I want to push these rpms if there are no terrific errors on these
>  rpms. Any suggestions or opinions are welcomed.
>  
Today I am going to push this new ruby rpms (with additional fixes)
into testing first (on rawhide the new rpm will directly be imported
into the repository). Still any comments or suggestions are welcomed.

Regards,
Mamoru