[A Cc on list replies would be appreciated.] A few days ago wxwidgets 3.0.0 was officially released. I've already uploaded a package of it aimed at unstable, which is currently in NEW.
Meanwhile you can download source and amd64 binaries from here: http://survex.com/~olly/wx3-debs/ My hope is that we can remove wxwidgets2.8 before the jessie freeze by either migrating packages to use 3.0, or removing them from Debian (during the wx 2.6 to 2.8 transition, I noticed a number of packages which appeared to have no maintainer either upstream or in Debian - for any where that's still the case, I think removal should be seriously considered). I'll be at the mini-debcamp in Cambridge, UK at the end of this week (14th and 15th November) and plan to make a start checking packages with the new release. I'd welcome local and/or remote assistance. I'll track progress here: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/WxWidgets/Transition2.8to3.0 Some important notes: * The wxwidgets2.8 source package was actually based on wxPython (which includes an embedded copy of the C++ wxWidgets library sources), but the wxwidgets3.0 source package is just the C++ library. There hasn't been an update of wxPython for 3.0 yet, and while I have managed to patch wxPython 2.9.5.0 to work, it turned out to be quite a complex change and at this point waiting for wxPython 3.0.0.0 and then packaging that as a separate source package seems better. (I've sent upstream my patches in case they're useful). * Upstream now enables their debug checks by default. One consequence of this is that in 2.8, the -dbg packages were a version built with these checks on, and debug info, but in 3.0, the -dbg packages are just detached debug symbols. The other is that code which misuses the wx API will now pop up warning dialogs, while previously the code would have quietly muddled through. Overall sorting out such issues is good, but these dialogs are intrusive for users. I suspect checking rebuilt packages and fixing such issues might be the biggest job in transitioning packages. * You should be able to co-install wx 2.8 and 3.0, so applications can switch independently of one another. The only wrinkle is that currently the -i18n packages attempt to install the same files - I need to look at how we handled that for 2.6 and 2.8. * The -doc package is temporarily gone in the 3.0 packages (upstream now release the docs as a separate download). Cheers, Olly -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131113154349.ga31...@survex.com
