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[Simon Wells <swel024@xxxxxxxxx>]

well i THINK wxpython is being replaced with
https://github.com/wxWidgets/Phoenix which seems to be realtively
active

On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 6:55 AM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Le 07/06/2016 à 20:31, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>> wxPython is (was?) the problem child.  When the python scripting was
>> originally written, wxPython wasn't always provided in a usable form on
>> all platforms (think Windows with native python) so we had to be able to
>> provide a python pcbnew library without wxPython support.  Since the
>> advent of the msys2 project, this is much less of an issue.  I'm not
>> sure merging these all into a single build option is completely risk free.
>
> Yes, wxPython support is a serious problem, not only on Windows, but on all platforms.
>
> To be able to build Kicad without wxPython support is *mandatory*, for instance to be able to try
> new versions of wxWidgets, or fix a wxWidgets issue (it happens sometimes ...), and rebuild
> wxWidgets (obviously without wxPython support, because it does not exist).
>
> But only 2 options (DKICAD_SCRIPTING=ON/OFF (with modules generation) and
> -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON/OFF) could be enough for me.
> ( building Kicad without python support is also mandatory, because it is *really* faster, and useful
> for testing purposes)
>
> Currently I am using:
> KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON or OFF (ON for usual build, OFF for testing builds)
> and
> -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON (sometimes) or OFF (usually).
>
>
>>
>> On 6/7/2016 2:25 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>>> What about one that just enables all three, for example -DKICAD_PYTHON?
>>>
>>> And it would enable?
>>> -DKICAD_SCRIPTING=ON -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
>>>
>>>
>>> 2016-06-07 20:24 GMT+02:00 Simon Wells <swel024@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> Is there anyone who doesn't use All or None of the python build
>>>> options? As with how codependent a lot of the code has become it seems
>>>> pointless still having the 3 build options. Would it not be better to
>>>> just have one saying -DKICAD_PYTHON or -DKICAD_SCRIPTING?
>>>>
>>>> Simon
>>
>
>
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> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
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