Re: [TCLCORE] Tcl/Tk 8.4.16 RELEASED

> Tcl/Tk 8.4.16 Release Announcement
> September 21, 2007
>
> The Tcl Core Team is pleased to announce the 8.4.16 releases of the  
> Tcl
> dynamic language and the Tk toolkit.  This is the sixteenth patch  
> release
> of Tcl/Tk 8.4.  More details can be found below.  We would like to
> express our gratitude to all those who submit bug reports and patches.
> This information is invaluable in enabling us to identify and  
> eliminate
> problems in the core.
>
> Where to get the new releases:
> ------------------------------
>
> Tcl/Tk 8.4.16 sources are freely available as open source from the
> Tcl Developer Xchange web site at:
>
>         http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.4.html
>
> This web page also contains additional information about the releases,
> including new features and notes about installing and compiling the
> releases.  Sources are always available from the Tcl SourceForge
> project's file distribution area:
>
>         http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10894
>
> Binaries for most major platforms are available from:
>
>         http://www.activestate.com/Tcl
>
> For additional information:
> ---------------------------
>
> Please visit the Tcl Developer Xchange web site:
>
>         http://www.tcl.tk/
>
> This site contains a variety of information about Tcl/Tk in  
> general, the
> core Tcl and Tk distributions, Tcl development tools, and much more.
>
> Summary of Changes since Tcl/Tk 8.4.15:
> --------------------------------------
>
> The following were the main changes in Tcl/Tk 8.4.16.  A complete list
> can be found in the changes file at the root of the source tree.  The
> more complete ChangeLog is also included with each source release.  
> This
> is a patch release, so it primarily included bug fixes and corrections
> to erratic behavior.  Below are only the most notable changes.
>
>   * Many Aqua/Tk bug fixes and improvements, see Tk changes file.
>
>   * New Tcl feature: DTrace provider (http://wiki.tcl.tk/DTrace)
>
>   * Fixed buffer overrun in animated GIF support.
>
>   * Fixed buffer overrun in [clock format ... %c].
>
>   * Fixed crash with multibyte characters in menu labels.
>
>   * Fixed [thread::join] crash on 64-bit Unix.
>
>   * Fixed crash in thread sync objects.
>
>   * Fixed crash in Tcl_UpdateLinkedVar().
>
>   * Fixed hang in Tcl_CreateTrace() traces.
>
>   * Fixed blue/red reversal in [wm iconphoto] icons on Windows XP.
>
>   * tcltest 2.2.9 permits "_" and ":" in test constraint names.
>
>   * Fixed build problems on SunOS and Windows AMD64.
>
> --
> Tcl Core Team and Maintainers
> Don Porter, Tcl Core Release Manager