[GRASS-dev] 6.4.0 blocker bugs

[Maris Nartiss]

I got similar expierience with my students during last spring - those,
who where able to wrap their minds around GRASS concepts, found old
TCL/Tk GUI to be faster and thus better than Wx one on Windows. Some
issues they hit then now are solved, still wxgui doesn't perform as
good as tcl/tk one (can I select multiple maps at once?). TCL/Tk one
has (serious) issues and wx one is way to go, still not yet today.

As a developer I would vote "no" for GUI change.
As of ctypes - if it delays release, then also "no" - it has been too
long release cycle. There are some other more important problems than
ctypes (v.buffer issues etc.).

Just my 0.02,
Maris.

2010/8/18, Michael Barton <Michael.Barton at asu.edu>:
> While I echo some of Helena's sentiments, I find that (surprisingly) even
> some of my students still prefer the TclTk interface of the wxPython one.
> That aside, it doesn't bother me if TclTk comes as a default on Mac and
> Linux, as this gives people a very smooth transition into the new GUI. They
> can easily turn it on as the default when they are ready, but they can start
> out with what they are more used to with prior versions.
>
> For MS Windows there really hasn't been a widely used prior version. So
> starting out with wxPython will make future updates easier.
>
> Beyond this, the Mac version works fine. TclTk nviz is a richer environment
> than the embedded wxPython one. The wxPython digitizing module works well.
> AFAICT, the rest works fine too.
>
> Michael
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