Re: [jazzplusplus-devel] Any thoughts on this ?

[Pete S. <pst...@ve...>]

PS = Pete Stieber
PS>> wxGTK is wxWidgets.  Note that Microsoft forced a
PS>> name change.  wxWindows is now wxWidgets.  wxWidgets
PS>> built for the Microsoft Windows API is called wxMSW.
PS>>  wxWidgets built using GTK is called wxGTK.
PS>>
PS>> I think I understand.  Audacity
PS>> (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) also uses wxWidgets
PS>> and someone builds an RPM for both wxWidgets and Audacity
PS>> that end up on the Fedora mirrors.  In this case,
PS>> Audacity (audacity-1.3.2-17.fc8.x86_64) uses version
PS>> 2.6.4 of wxWidgets installed as a package called
PS>> compat-wxGTK26-2.6.4-0.8.x86_64.
PS>>
PS>> There is also a more current version of wxWidgets (2.8.4)
PS>> available on Fedora using GTK that is called
PS>> wxGTK-2.8.4-6.fc8.x86_64.  We probably couldn't use that
PS>> version because it is probably a stock build.
PS>>
PS>> If I used shared objects from wxGTK, we might need
PS>> something like jazz-wxGTK-2.8.7-0.1.x86_64, but I
PS>> statically link with wxGTK.  We might just be able to
PS>> distribute Jazz++ without a wxGTK (i.e. wxWidgets)
PS>> distribution on Linux.

KC = Kevin Cosgrove
KC> Aha!  That makes sense now.
KC>
KC> Presuming that whatever additions Jazz++ requires make
KC> it into the next wxWidgets release (2.8.8?)

I haven't made any changes to the wxWidgets source.  I just build it 
with configure options that are different from the stock build.

KC> then my distribution will eventually pick that up,
KC> including wxGTK2.8-2.8.8-1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm and its
KC> development companions in the distribution repository
KC> and maybe even on the installation media.

I'm guessing you will not have to deal with a wxGTK distribution, but 
building wxGTK with Jazz++ compatible options, then building Jazz++, on 
each platform you wish to create a Jazz++ distribution.  I believe 
Audacity is using shared objects (*.so files) from wxGTK, so they need 
to distribute them.  I'm statically linking against wxGTK, so you will 
not need to distribute wxGTK.  Maybe this will make distribution 
generation easier for you :-)

KC> Now I just need to decide for myself whether or not to
KC> attempt to follow Mandriva's parallel library version
KC> installation scheme.  My alternative is to install the
KC> alpha wxWidgets in a jazz++ specific place.

Thanks for thinking about and dealing with all of these issues.

Pete