[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #928: 6.4: wx addon scripts never return

[GRASS GIS]

#928: 6.4: wx addon scripts never return
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  Reporter:  hamish    |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
      Type:  defect    |      Status:  new                      
  Priority:  critical  |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
 Component:  default   |     Version:  svn-releasebranch64      
Resolution:            |    Keywords:  addons                   
  Platform:  Linux     |         Cpu:  x86-64                   
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Comment (by glynn):

 Replying to [comment:3 hamish]:

 > > In 6.x, it isn't used at all; with popen() being eliminated,
 >
 > (I guess you mean G_popen() there)

 Yes.

 > > lib/gis/popen.c can (and should) be removed.
 >
 > I am not very happy about non-necessary API changes / dropping of long
 standing functions in the stable branch as we don't know what 3rd party
 modules are relying on. Adding `G_warning("oi! stop using this function!
 use bar() instead!")` is more productive IMO.

 Anything using G_popen() was broken, as it didn't work on Windows (and
 offered no advantage to using popen()).

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