This sounds OK to me--though I admit to not following the detailed intricacies of version control.
Michael On 4/28/08 7:41 AM, "Martin Landa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > 2008/4/28 Paul Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Michael: >>> Maybe I misunderstand this process, but I'm confused by this suggestion. >>> >>> Why take the wxPython GUI out of the GRASS 7 trunk? My understanding is >> that >>> we can develop for 6.4 in the 6.4 branch, and as needed develop for 7 in >>> that branch. Because the GUI operates at a relatively high level--i.e., >>> simply a wrapper for GRASS commands in most cases, there will be much that >>> can simply be done in parallel or via porting across branches >>> >>> My suggestion would be to take /gui/tcltk out of trunk and leave >>> /gui/wxpython in. It's the TclTk interface that is going away. >>> > Paul: >> This makes sense to me too. I thought development of wxpython GUI in 6.x >> would stop now - that it being developed there was just because we didn't >> have a separate repository for 7.x. My understanding has been: >> >> TclTk GUI = legacy stable GUI for 6.x >> WxPython GUI = futuristic development GUI for 7.x > > I agree with you, anyway I still incline to use for wxGUI development > develbranch_6 for the short period. My initial idea was: > > 1) to remove gui/wxpython from trunk (or just to 'freeze', i.e. don't > backport from develbranch_6) and use develbranch_6 for wxGUI > development > 2) after creating releasebranch_6_4 move wxGUI development to trunk a > backport to develbranch_6/releasebranch_6_4 only bugfixes (depends how > much will be trunk "stable") > >> (I don't meant to imply the wxpython GUI isn't working nicely and usable >> with 6.x now, just that I thought that was a "side-effect"...) I guess this >> is from an "outsider's perspective" really, as I haven't been working on the >> GUI apart from a few bugfixes to gis.m. But having it like this also makes >> it very clear and logical from a user's perspective which is important in >> relation to the expectations they will have from different versions of GRASS >> IMHO. > > Martin __________________________________________ Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology Director of Graduate Studies School of Human Evolution & Social Change Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity Arizona State University phone: 480-965-6213 fax: 480-965-7671 www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
