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Debian Tcl/Tk Policy

Abstract

This document describes the packaging of Tcl/Tk within the Debian distribution and the policy requirements for Tcl/Tk extensions and packages. This policy has been defined during Jessie release cycle, so pre-Jessie releases can violate this policy in one or more aspects. Backporters are warned.

Copyright Notice

Copyright © 2007-2013 Software in the Public Interest

This manual is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

A copy of the GNU General Public License is available as /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL in the Debian GNU/Linux distribution or on the World Wide Web at The GNU Public Licence.

You can also obtain it by writing to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

Contents

• 1 Tcl/Tk Packaging
  • 1.1 Versions
  • 1.2 Main packages
  • 1.3 Tcl and Tk Interpreters
  • 1.4 Tcl/Tk libraries
  • 1.5 Tools/files for Development of Tcl/Tk modules and extensions
  • 1.6 Multiarch support
  • 1.7 Auto_load Path
  • 1.8 Documentation
• 2 Packaged Modules
  • 2.1 Module Names
  • 2.2 Dependencies
• 3 Tcl/Tk Programs
  • 3.1 Version Independent Programs
  • 3.2 Version Dependent Programs
• A Build Dependencies
• B Tcl/Tk modules loading
• C Possible issues building Tcl/Tk extensions
• D Maintainer's Checklist

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Debian Tcl/Tk Policy