Xara Xtreme GPL'ed

[Dennis Kaarsemaker]

On di, 2006-03-21 at 23:44 +0100, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:
> On di, 2006-03-21 at 23:32 +0100, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:
> > On di, 2006-03-21 at 14:27 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > There's no restriction on new packages in Dapper at present; if a
> > > package is produced, I'm happy for it to go in.
> > 
> > Hmm, I though featurefreeze was still going strong :) 
> 
> Xara requires wxWidgets 2.6.3-rc2 instead of 2.6.1 (which is in Ubuntu).
> I'm not sure whether an RC of a library fits in a 3-year (desktop)
> supported distro. 

OK, some more details:

* wxpython 2.6.3 is supposed to be released RSN - but introduces api 
  changes so an UVF exception would be tough.

* The drawing library is not yet open source, but free-as-in-beer. 
  Binaries are available for x86, x86_64 and ppc.

So although it would be cool to have it in Dapper, there are some nasty
issues.

On the bright side: it compiles flawlessly on my dapper system and works
like a charm.
-- 
Dennis K.
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