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Subject: Recent Cygwin/Tk move to Cygwin/X (was Re: Problems with tkinter after python upgrade on cygwin)
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From: ht AT inf DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk (Henry S. Thompson)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:53:25 +0000
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I wonder if you could share with us the reason for making this move,
which seems pretty disruptive.  It significantly increases the
overhead in using Cygwin to deliver Tk-based applications, and will
require many users to come to grips with Cygwin/X installation and
maintenance.  I've been very happy with the performance of GDI-based
Tk for over 10 years, but now I'm stuck with having to choose between
using a non-updating version of Tcl/Tk, or installing Cygwin/X,
neither of which is a very attractive proposition. . .

ht
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