[Gnumed-devel] wxpython 2.8, 2.9, 3.0

[Sebastian Hilbert]

Hi all,

GNUmed and a few other projects are suffering from some API changes in various 
wxpython version.

Currently wxpython 2.8.12 is considered stable but even in the stable version 
2.8.11 there were some changes with regards to pubsub.

Long story short.

Almost all new features are going into 2.9.x. However there are no Debian or 
RPM packages for this. Which is unfortunate. Packagers are waiting for 
wxpython 3.0 which will not be that different from wxpython 2.9.x

The wxwidgets team however used the very argument (indifference between 2.9.x 
and 3.0) as an argument not to release 3.0.

This effectively means that for the new features such as webbrowser embedded 
into wxpython to become usable for GNUmed we will have to wait until 3.0 is 
released or wxpython 2.9 is packaged (whichever comes first) [1]


Regards,
Sebastian

[1] http://groups.google.com/group/wx-
dev/tree/browse_frm/thread/58c444b73e08a9a9/3f232103b4e4bfd5?rnum=1&q=Will+be+wxWidgets+3.0+ever+released%3F+++&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fwx-
dev%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2F58c444b73e08a9a9%2F3f232103b4e4bfd5%3Ftvc%3D1%26q%3DWill%2Bbe%2BwxWidgets%2B3.0%2Bever%2Breleased%253F%2B%2B%2B%26#doc_3f232103b4e4bfd5