wxPython

[Eamonn Sullivan]

I'm hoping to move some programs I wrote using wxPython from Windows
to Ubuntu. First question (I'm at work and having trouble finding this
information by googling): Is wxPython available in main, universe,
whatever? I didn't see this when I checked at home last night (there
is a libwxgtk2.4 or something like that, which is already installed),
but it just occurred to me that I may have been searching wrong. I've
also seen mention of wxWidgets on the list, but you'd have to hold me
feet to hot coals to get me to write anything in C++ again...

Second question/problem: I've been using the 2.5.* branch of wxPython
for a year or more now and my code isn't easily back-portable to the
'stable' 2.4.* branch. I see Debian users bragging all over the place
about being able to just do 'apt-get install wxPython2.5.3', but I'm
assuming that's on Debian unstable or similar (and we're supposed to
stick with Debian testing if it all, right?). How hard will it be for
me (a long-time rpm user) to get that package and install it. Has
anyone done this?

Third: What do the Ubuntu developers use? I wouldn't rewrite thousands
of lines of wxPython code, but it would be good to know for any future
projects.

Finally: How would I get wxGlade to output python? Mine doesn't have
that option. In general, I code even the user interface by hand (I
understand what's going on much better that way), but it looks worth
investigating. I haven't found a good user-interface constructor for
wxPython.

P.S. -- I'm running Warty. 

-Eamonn