[Bug 133888] upgrade wxwidgets2.8 to the 2.8.4.2 release

Robin Dunn robin at alldunn.com
Tue Aug 21 18:17:59 BST 2007


Public bug reported:

wxWidgets/wxPython 2.8.4.2 has been released and it is hoped that it can
make it into Gutsy.  I spent a lot of time updating the debian/rules and
other control files to try to bring it more in line with standards and
also some of the changes have been done in the MOTU version of the
packages.  Some of the relevant changes are:

* It's now using the pycentral debhelper, and will move the package
modules under /usr/share/pycentral so they can be shared across Python
versions

* Will build build Python extensions for whatever Python versions are in
`pyversions -r`

* It autodetects whether to build the python-wxgtk2.8-dbg package, only
if it can be installed side-by-side with the non-dbg package (Feisty and
above.)

* There is a source tarball that has been stripped down somewhat from
the regular wxPython-src tarball.  It's had the OS X and MSW stuff
removed so it is a few meg smaller.  You can pull this tarball (and the
.diff.gz and .dsc files) from my APT repository at
http://apt.wxwidgets.org/dists/feisty-wx/main/source/

I hope that these changes to the build control files will enable a
smoother integration of wxPython into Ubutu now and in the future, and
that it will mean less work for you.  If there are other build related
changes that you suggest please let me know.

** Affects: wxwidgets2.8 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: upgrade

** Tags added: upgrade

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upgrade wxwidgets2.8 to the 2.8.4.2 release
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/133888
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