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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

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.suminski@xxxxxxx> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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