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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> On 10 Apr 2018, at 14:14, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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 <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> 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.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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