Thuban and wxPython 2.5

[Bernhard Herzog]

Hi all,

Last week, I've tried to build Thuban with wxPython 2.5.  Most ofthe
time I spent on that went into building wxPython from CVS (the build
process has changed quite a but sice 2.4).  However, there is also a
problem with Thuban's current approach to wxPython 2.5.

The file wxPython_int.h has changed in incompatible ways in the CVS
version of wxPython leading to exceptions.  The wxPyCoreAPI struct has
some new members which were added at the top of the structure so that
the code compiled with Thuban's copy of wxPython_int.h will call the
wrong functions.  That this only lead to exceptions is pure chance, it
could easily have been a segfault.  The only real solution IMO is to use
wxPython.h as intended by wxPython and ditch our own copy.

Of course, since at least on some platforms the wxPython specific header
files are not packaged we need to lobby them to add them.  IMO failing
to package the files is simply a bug, and shouldn's be hard to do, so
ideally filing bug reports and might suffice.


   Bernhard

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