Re: [Pythoncard-users] release 0.8 and beyond minimum requirement issues

[Andy T. <an...@ha...>]

Kevin Altis wrote:
> Rowland and I are both chomping at the bit to start the cleanup and 
> major changes for release 0.8. I've requested that SourceForge copy the 
> existing PythonCardPrototype tree to a new tree called PythonCard. At 
> the earliest, 0.8 won't be ready to go until May.
> 
> The main issue that I need feedback on now is the decision to drop 
> support for wxPython 2.4.x. In order to support new style classes and 
> cleanup the code we really need to move away from wxPython 2.4.x. Thus, 
> I don't see keeping 2.4.x compatibility as a realistic option. But this 
> move isn't without some pain, so here's what it means.
> 
> We are shooting for PythonCard 1.x working with wxPython 2.6, the next 
> stable API release of wxWidgets/wxPython. The wxPython 2.5.x API won't 
> stabilize completely until 2.6 is released, which is this summer at the 
> earliest, and could be toward the end of the year. If and when the 2.5.x 
> API changes, each version of PythonCard will have to track those changes 
> and the minimum version requirement may change until we get to wxPython 
> 2.6.x. For example, PythonCard release 0.8 may require wxPython 2.5.1.5 
> as a minimum and release 0.8.1 or 0.9 might require wxPython 2.5.2.1, etc.
> 
> If you've built a standalone or want to stick with an older version of 
> PythonCard for a while you won't be impacted until you want to support 
> the latest version.
> 
> I won't be using or testing wxPython 2.4.x at all once we start the 
> changes, so if you have an objection or issue with this decision that 
> you want to raise, the time to do so is now.
> 
> A less important decision is whether to require Python 2.3.x or higher. 
> Are most Linux releases still using Python 2.2.x? If so, will it be a 
> pain to require Python 2.3.x for PythonCard? So far, I can think of few 
> reasons why we have to have 2.3, but I no longer run Python 2.2.x myself 
> on any of my machines, so unless someone else is going to step up and do 
> extensive testing for Python 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, etc. I'm inclined to 
> stop supporting it.
> 
> ka
> 

My vote is for Python 2.3 as it is standard on my operating systems 
(Debian and OSX).

wxPython 2.5 hasn't made it into Debian yet, but I expect it will be 
available soon (at least in unstable). So lets go for that as well.

Regards,
Andy
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