Next Stable Release

wxPython Users
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I was curious when the next stable release will be.

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It looks like wx 2.8.11 will be coming in the next couple weeks. wxPython should be not too long after that.

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On 2/1/10 12:21 PM, Scott Hall wrote:

I was curious when the next stable release will be.

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To be clear, the next wxPython release will be based on 2.8.11 and not
the newly released 2.9 series.

If this is the case, when do you anticipate moving over to the 2.9
codebase? If releasing 2.9.x wxPython is not going to be a quick
process, I would like to know. I'd like to move to 2.9.x because of
the wxDC.StretchBlit operation...but if it's going to be unstable for
a good while, I'll have to revert to my old (and somewhat slow)
methodology.

Chris.

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On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:16:58 -0800, Robin Dunn <robin@alldunn.com> wrote:

On 2/1/10 12:21 PM, Scott Hall wrote:

I was curious when the next stable release will be.

It looks like wx 2.8.11 will be coming in the next couple weeks.
wxPython should be not too long after that.

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Software Craftsman
http://wxPython.org

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To be clear, the next wxPython release will be based on 2.8.11 and not
the newly released 2.9 series.

The question was about 'stable' release. The 2.9 series is unstable as
the version number is not even:
http://wiki.wxpython.org/ReleaseSeries

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On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 4:21 AM, Chris Spencer <cspencer@cinci.rr.com> wrote:

On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:16:58 -0800, Robin Dunn <robin@alldunn.com> > wrote:

On 2/1/10 12:21 PM, Scott Hall wrote:

I was curious when the next stable release will be.

It looks like wx 2.8.11 will be coming in the next couple weeks.
wxPython should be not too long after that.

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Software Craftsman
http://wxPython.org

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Maybe a better question would have been, do any of the cool features
in 2.9 get back-ported to 2.8 or do we need to wait for 2.10 (or is
that 3.0?)?

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On Feb 3, 7:54 am, Stani <spe.stani...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 4:21 AM, Chris Spencer <cspen...@cinci.rr.com> wrote:
> To be clear, the next wxPython release will be based on 2.8.11 and not
> the newly released 2.9 series.

The question was about 'stable' release. The 2.9 series is unstable as
the version number is not even:ReleaseSeries - wxPyWiki

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To be clear, the next wxPython release will be based on 2.8.11 and not
the newly released 2.9 series.

2.8 is a stable series, 2.9 is an unstable series. See ReleaseSeries - wxPyWiki for what exactly that means. The next stable release will be 2.8.11.0, which should be in a few weeks. Meanwhile 2.9 is ongoing and has been moving forward in parallel since about the same time that 2.8.0 was released. (A few years now.) My focus has been on 2.8 for much of that time, so there hasn't been wxPython builds from the 2.9 tree until recently.

If this is the case, when do you anticipate moving over to the 2.9
codebase? If releasing 2.9.x wxPython is not going to be a quick
process, I would like to know. I'd like to move to 2.9.x because of
the wxDC.StretchBlit operation...but if it's going to be unstable for
a good while,

The 2.9 series will continue to be 'unstable' (IOW, the API is allowed to change) until it is called 3.0, which may still be quite a long ways down the road. On the other hand, if your definition of 'stable' is the level of bugginess then 2.9.1 may end up being more 'stable' than 2.8.11, so it just depends on if you are willing to deal with potential API changes in subsequent releases in the same series. For example, many people used the 2.7 releases because they were better than the stable 2.6 series in some way that was important for them. For you it might be that the availability of the StretchBlit method would be worth it for you. Just keep in mind that it's always possible (although not super likely) that future releases in the 2.9 series could break compatibility in ways that cause you to set your hair on fire and run screaming out of the room.

I've been working on shifting the majority of my focus to the 2.9 series for a while now, and have finally succeeded recently. So that means that I will be putting in a lot less effort on the 2.8 branch and future 2.8 releases. If you're interested in experimenting with 2.9 pre-releases then please join the wxPython-dev googlegroup.

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On 2/2/10 7:21 PM, Chris Spencer wrote:

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To be clear, the next wxPython release will be based on 2.8.11 and not
the newly released 2.9 series.

The question was about 'stable' release. The 2.9 series is unstable as
the version number is not even:ReleaseSeries - wxPyWiki

Maybe a better question would have been, do any of the cool features
in 2.9 get back-ported to 2.8

Lots of minor features and bugfixes have been backported from 2.9 to 2.8 already throughout many of the 2.8.x releases. I don't expect that any more features or enhancements will be (at least noticeable ones) but bug fixes are always possible, at least until the core developers lose all interest in 2.8.x.

or do we need to wait for 2.10 (or is
that 3.0?)?

It will be 3.0, but there won't be any need to wait for it unless you are allergic to change. Lots of people will probably use 2.9.x releases, and if the past is any indication of the future then there will probably come a point where that is what I recommend for everyone to use.

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On 2/3/10 6:56 AM, Mike Driscoll wrote:

On Feb 3, 7:54 am, Stani<spe.stani...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 4:21 AM, Chris Spencer<cspen...@cinci.rr.com> wrote:

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Probably not until 3.0, at least officially. I don't think that packages for an unstable release series has ever been in the ubuntu or debian repositories. You can always build your own however.

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On 2/4/10 11:06 AM, Ignacio wrote:

Personally, what I would like to know is when will be the ubuntu version
updated, because we are still using 2.8

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