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-# Tcl/Tk 9.0b2 Release Announcement
-April ??, 2024
 
-The Tcl Core Team is pleased to announce the 9.0b2 releases of the Tcl
-dynamic language and the Tk graphical interface package.  These are the
-second beta releases of Tcl 9.0 and Tk 9.0.  More details can be found below.
+The source code for Tcl is managed by fossil.  Tcl developers coordinate all
+changes to the Tcl source code at
 
-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. Such reports can be
-submitted here.
+        https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/timeline
 
-        https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/ticket
-        https://core.tcl-lang.org/tk/ticket
+Release Tcl 9.0b2 arises from the check-in with tag core-9-0-b2.
 
-We ask that you log in (anonymous if you wish) to create tickets.
-This deters abuse of the ticketing system.
-
-## Contents
- 1. [Where to get the new releases](#wheretoget)
- 2. [General Summary](#summary)
- 3. [Some of the most noteworthy changes](#changes)
- 4. [Tcl Improvement Proposals (TIPs)](#tips)
- 5. [Additional support resources](#support)
- 6. [For additional information](#info)
-
-## <a id="wheretoget">1.</a> Where to get the new releases
-
-Tcl/Tk 9.0b2 sources are freely available as open source from the Tcl
-SourceForge project's file distribution area:
-
-        https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/files/
-
-This distribution is source code only.  We keep links to some third
-parties offering pre-built binaries for various systems here:
-
-        https://www.tcl-lang.org/software/tcltk/bindist.html
-
-## <a id="summary">2.</a> General Summary
-
-These are new major versions of both Tcl and Tk.  There are new features
-to be enjoyed.  There are incompatibilities to be considered. The list
-of both is long and detailed and not fully included here.  We believe many
-scripts written for Tcl 8 will run unchanged in Tcl 9.  We believe many more
-can be modified in small and simple ways to produce a new script that runs
-in both Tcl 8 and Tcl 9.  We expect that extensions and applications using
-the public C APIs of Tcl and Tk will involve more effort, but that it is
-still within reasonable reach to produce source code supporting both Tcl 8
-and Tcl 9 while both releases remain in widespread use.
-
-These are beta releases.  The developers believe the new feature set is
-complete enough and the code quality is high enough that it is time for
-a larger audience of Tcl/Tk users to give them a try and report back
-to the developers what difficulties need resolution before stable
-releases of Tcl/Tk 9.0.0.
-
-The experiences of Tcl/Tk 8 users adapting their code to the beta releases
-of Tcl/Tk 9 will shape the final interfaces of Tcl/Tk 9.0.0, and will
-determine the need for possible Tcl/Tk 8.7 releases that might supply
-additional lifecycle and migration support.
-
-It is not recommended to deploy these beta releases directly to mission
-critical use without significant testing and review.
-
-## <a id="changes">3.</a> Some of the most noteworthy changes
-
-Tcl 9:
+Highlighted differences between Tcl 9.0 and Tcl 8.6 are summarized below,
+with focus on changes important to programmers using the Tcl library and
+writing Tcl scripts.
 
   * 64-bit capacity: Data values larger than 2Gb
 
@@ -140,63 +84,3 @@ Tcl 9:
     - private variable and methods
     - [method -export], [method -unexport]
 
-Tk 9:
-
-  * Many improvements to use of platform features and conventions.
-    - Built-in widgets and themes are scaling-aware.
-    - Improved support of two-finger gestures, where available
-    - The [tk windowingsystem] "aqua" needs macOS 10.10 or later
-
-  * New commands and options
-    - [tk sysnotify]: access to the OS notifications system
-    - [tk systray]: access to the OS tray facility
-    - [tk print]: access to the OS printing facility
-
-  * Widget options
-    - New ttk::progressbar option: -text
-    - [$frame ... -backgroundimage $img -tile $bool]
-    - [$menu id], [$menu add|insert ... ?$id? ...]
-    - [$image get ... -withalpha ...]
-    - All indices now accept the forms "end", "end-int", "int+|-int"
-
-  * Improved widget appearance
-    - ttk::notebook with nondefault tab positions
-
-  * Images
-    - Partial SVG support
-    - Read/write access to photo image metadata
-
-## <a id="tips">4.</a> Tcl Improvement Proposals (TIPs)
-
-Each new user-visible feature in Tcl or Tk should find its origins in
-a Tcl Improvement Proposal (TIP).  TIPs are published, edited, considered
-and voted in public, and should contain valuable information about how
-a feature came to be the way it is.  See the full collection here:
-
-    https://tip.tcl-lang.org/
-
-## <a id="support">5.</a> Additional support resources
-
-See the following links for an accumulation of migration advice:
-
-https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/wiki?name=Migrating+C+extensions+to+Tcl+9
-https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/wiki?name=Migrating+scripts+to+Tcl+9
-
-There has been much progress already porting many known applications,
-extensions, and packages in the Tcl world to compatibility with Tcl/Tk 9:
-
-https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Apps+confirmed+to+work+with+Tcl+9
-https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Porting+extensions+to+Tcl+9
-
-## <a id="info">6.</a> For additional information:
-
-Please visit the Tcl Developer Xchange web site:
-
-        https://www.tcl-lang.org/
-
-This site contains a variety of information about Tcl/Tk in general, the
-core Tcl and Tk distributions, Tcl development tools, and much more.
-
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-Tcl Core Team and Maintainers
-Don Porter, Tcl Core Release Manager
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