well i THINK wxpython is being replaced with https://github.com/wxWidgets/Phoenix which seems to be realtively active
On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 6:55 AM, jp charras <[email protected]> wrote: > Le 07/06/2016 à 20:31, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : >> wxPython is (was?) the problem child. When the python scripting was >> originally written, wxPython wasn't always provided in a usable form on >> all platforms (think Windows with native python) so we had to be able to >> provide a python pcbnew library without wxPython support. Since the >> advent of the msys2 project, this is much less of an issue. I'm not >> sure merging these all into a single build option is completely risk free. > > Yes, wxPython support is a serious problem, not only on Windows, but on all > platforms. > > To be able to build Kicad without wxPython support is *mandatory*, for > instance to be able to try > new versions of wxWidgets, or fix a wxWidgets issue (it happens sometimes > ...), and rebuild > wxWidgets (obviously without wxPython support, because it does not exist). > > But only 2 options (DKICAD_SCRIPTING=ON/OFF (with modules generation) and > -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON/OFF) could be enough for me. > ( building Kicad without python support is also mandatory, because it is > *really* faster, and useful > for testing purposes) > > Currently I am using: > KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON or OFF (ON for usual build, OFF for testing builds) > and > -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON (sometimes) or OFF (usually). > > >> >> On 6/7/2016 2:25 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote: >>> What about one that just enables all three, for example -DKICAD_PYTHON? >>> >>> And it would enable? >>> -DKICAD_SCRIPTING=ON -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON >>> -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON >>> >>> >>> 2016-06-07 20:24 GMT+02:00 Simon Wells <[email protected]>: >>>> Is there anyone who doesn't use All or None of the python build >>>> options? As with how codependent a lot of the code has become it seems >>>> pointless still having the 3 build options. Would it not be better to >>>> just have one saying -DKICAD_PYTHON or -DKICAD_SCRIPTING? >>>> >>>> Simon >> > > > -- > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
