[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2167: Support for wxWidgets/wxPython 3.0

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#2167: Support for wxWidgets/wxPython 3.0
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 Reporter:  mojca    |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal   |   Milestone:  6.4.4                    
Component:  Default  |     Version:  6.4.3                    
 Keywords:           |    Platform:  All                      
      Cpu:  All      |  
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 I would like to request support for wxPython 3.0 in GRASS. All platforms
 and operating systems are affected, but the most problematic one is Mac OS
 X where 10.6 is the last version where wxWidgets 2.8 can be compiled (or
 conditionally on 10.7 with an old Xcode) and it cannot be compiled for the
 native architecture x86_64, but only for i386 which means that all the
 dependencies need to be cross-compiled as well.

 While the port compiles successfully with 3.0, there are a lot of problems
 present due to incompatibilities between wxWidgets 2.8 and 3.0. My
 impression is that there is not that much that needs to be changed, but
 changing it would improve the experience on Mac platforms enormously.

 While talking about it, you might just as well take a look at Phoenix (the
 "next version" of wxPython) and try to figure out how much work would be
 needed to port GRASS there as well. The major difference is support for
 Python 3. But Phonix aside ... support for wxWidgets 3.0.x would be really
 really nice to have.

 (I'm not sure if I should call this defect or enhancement. On Mac OS X
 10.7 and up it's defect because it simply doesn't work.)

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