[GRASS-dev] GRASS 6.3.0 release preparation

[Glynn Clements]

Michael Barton wrote:

> I won't comment on how to best version this, but on a pathway for the new
> GUI. It is ready for inclusion to be packaged with GRASS as an alternative
> GUI now, but needs testing before it can become the primary GUI.

It also needs wxPython 2.8 to become widespread, and that's beyond our
control.

> I realize that getting wxPython 2.8 on some systems is currently a problem,
> but this can be helped a lot by the release of wxPython packages for
> different Linux systems within the GRASS community (Mac and Windows binaries
> seem to be released along with any new wxPython version change). The recent
> prep of a Mandriva RPM by (sorry I can't remember) is a good example. Also,
> we never took advantage of the packaging features of TclTk, but could do so
> for a wxPython GUI to make this easier.

Even if we provide .rpm/.deb/etc files for every OS in existence, many
people may be unwilling to use a third-party package which might
conceivably conflict with the "vendor" version.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>