I'm fine with that given that there is a reasonable probability that wxPython support will be disabled for some platforms until we resolve the gtk3 issues.
On 4/10/2018 9:14 AM, Adam Wolf wrote: > Right now, one of the last blockers for the Mac v5 packaging efforts > is wxpython. If it's having issues on other platforms, I may actually > table that for a few days and see if we can get everything else going, > and then we can have a good* (minus wxpython) rc2 for testing, and > then tackle wxpython as the last remaining thing. > > Does that seem reasonable? > > Adam > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 7:56 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I wonder why they couldn't make a gtk2 version of wxPython. It seems >> plausible since they created a gtk2 version of wxWidgets. Looks like >> the work load just got increased during v6 development. Maybe we should >> attack that first and backport the gtk3 fixes to v5 so distros wont have >> to support gtk2 builds of wx. >> >> On 4/10/2018 8:48 AM, Maciej Suminski wrote: >>> In the bug reported for Ubuntu bionic (lp:#1762432) there are three >>> packages installed: >>> >>> - libwxgtk3.0-0v5:amd64 (wxWidgets/GTK2) >>> - libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-0v5 (wxWidgets/GTK3) >>> - python-wxgtk3.0 (wxPython/GTK3) >>> >>> My guess is that some applications may depend on wxWidgets/GTK2, and >>> wxWidgets/GTK3 is simply installed as a dependency of wxPython/GTK3. >>> >>> On 04/10/2018 02:36 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >>>> For our v5 release, I guess we are going to have to disable wxPython on >>>> the platforms who insist on building wxPython with gtk3. We can start >>>> looking at the transition to gtk3 and wxPhoenix during v6 development. >>>> >>>> Are distros actually shipping with wxWidgets built with gtk2 and >>>> wxPython built with gtk3? This seems to be the case if I'm reading this >>>> correctly. If they are, the question is why? >>>> >>>> On 4/10/2018 7:35 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote: >>>>> It seems the easy solution to me too. I just wonder how many people rely >>>>> on the Python shell or GUIs done with wxPython. >>>>> >>>>> On 04/10/2018 01:32 PM, Jeff Young wrote: >>>>>> I never got KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON to work on my Mac, and I can’t say >>>>>> I’ve missed it. >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 10 Apr 2018, at 12:26, Maciej Sumiński <maciej.sumin...@cern.ch> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Apparently mixing wxWidgets-gtk2 and wxPython-gtk3 [1] is not only an >>>>>>> Arch issue anymore, as the upcoming Ubuntu release (bionic) also >>>>>>> provides wxPython package built against gtk3 [package: 2, bug report: >>>>>>> 3]. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There are two things we can do to fix the problem for v5: >>>>>>> - Backport python-wxgtk3.0 package built against gtk2. This way >>>>>>> everything works as it used to be, but only for the nightlies. For the >>>>>>> official release the users would be forced to add a PPA providing the >>>>>>> backported package and it sounds troublesome. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Disable KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON, as there is still available >>>>>>> libwxgtk3.0 package [4] build against gtk2. The drawbacks are that the >>>>>>> Python shell in pcbnew and scripts taking advantage of wxPython to >>>>>>> display a GUI will not work anymore. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In other news: Ubuntu bionic also ships wxPhoenix [5]. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> Orson >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 1. https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1747677 >>>>>>> 2. https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/python-wxgtk3.0 >>>>>>> 3. https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1762432 >>>>>>> 4. https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/libwxgtk3.0-0v5 >>>>>>> 5. https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/python3-wxgtk4.0 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>>>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
