Re: [Audacity-devel] wxWidgets 2.9.x / 3.x

[Steve t. F. <ste...@gm...>]

On 11 May 2013 02:44, Vaughan Johnson <va...@au...> wrote:
> On 5/10/2013 6:03 PM, Steve the Fiddle wrote:
>> On 11 May 2013 01:46, Vaughan Johnson <va...@au...> wrote:
>>> wxWidgets 2.9 series are development releases. I think we should upgrade
>>> only to stable releases. Otherwise, we spend too much time patching
>>> around their known bugs, or just living with them.
>>>
>>> On 5/10/2013 1:07 AM, Steve the Fiddle wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> I guess that upgrading from 2.8 to 2.9.x / 3.x will be a big job and
>>>> will require a lot of testing, so it it something that we need to plan
>>>> ahead of time?
>>>
>>> I don't see any point to 2.9.x. Let's upgrade when they say it's stable.
>>> When is 3.0 projected to be released? I don't see it on their site.
>>
>>>From their roadmap:
>
> Thanks. Weird that a site search for 'release 3.0' didn't yield that.
>
>
>>
>> "Next development release: 2.9.5
>>
>> The next planned release is 2.9.5 and we hope to make it in May 2013.....
>>
>> We hope for 2.9.5 to be the last release before 3.0 but if any
>> important fixes are needed for the bugs found after 2.9.5 release we
>> could need to make a 2.9.6 release too."
>>
>> So it may not be too long and most oft their "release goals" are now
>> ticked off, but on the other hand, 3.0 has been a very long time
>> coming.
>>
>
> Right. I still say it should not be on our agenda yet.

I agree, but it might be worth looking at how we link to wxWidgets so
as to make the transition as painless as possible when the time comes.

Steve


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