Re: [Passwordsafe-devel] [Passwordsafe-linux] PasswordSafe's Windows UI frameworks

[Bill B. <de...@bl...>]

On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 01:17:55PM +0300, pwsafe.org wrote:
> So now I'm considering three options:
> 1. Local fix: Move from CPWToolBar::CToolBar to CPWToolBar::CMFCToolBar
> 2. Switch to the wxWidgets UI for Windows as the shipping UI.
> 3. Switch to the Qt UI framework, which appears to be much more polished
> than wxWidgets, for Windows, and perhaps for Linux as well. The Qt Open
> Source License is GPL 2/3, but I think that this is compatible with the
> project's license (that is, I think a mixed license would work).
> 

I think consolidating to one cross-platform UI makes sense from an
implementation/maintenance standpoint.

I expect that the quickest way forward would be #2 (switch the Windows
version to use wx).

Then if it's decided that QT is a better choice, that migration could
happen in the future for all platforms at the same time.


Just my 2c.

Bill





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