Le 18/05/2018 à 17:51, Tomasz Wlostowski a écrit : > On 18/05/18 17:38, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> As we approach the v5 stable release, I want to discuss a something we >> should seriously consider before we open the flood gates for new feature >> merges after the v5 branch. We are currently in an awkward position >> with regards to gtk3 builds on Linux. Given that most distros are now >> building wx against gtk3, we really should work towards fixing this at >> the beginning of v6 and back porting it as soon as possible so that we >> can better support the current Linux distros. Fortunately, most distros >> have thankfully provided a gtk2 build version of wx in order to build >> kicad. However, they have not done the same thing for wxpython so for >> most new distro releases, we have to build kicad without wxpython >> support. I propose we spend some time immediately after the v5 release >> and fix the gtk3 issues before we start making major changes to the code >> base so that it is not difficult to back port. Anyone else have any >> thoughts on this? >> > > Wayne, > > I would put most of the effort on developing the GAL version of > eeschema. It's not our fault that Linux distros change the APIs of > essential system libraries every 2 years. As a short term solution, I > would propose distributing a distro-agnostic binary Kicad package that > includes all dependencies, including wx and gtk2 libraries. In the > longer run, GALified schematic editor is IMHO the way to go.
Hi Tom, When we are talking about GAL, we are actually talking about 2 different things: 1 - the GAL itself, that is the graphic part of "GAL" 2 - the new event management, that has nothing to do with the graphic layer itself. Using the new event management could be a much more amount of work than writing the graphic layer code only. So my question is: It is possible to use the GAL itself (restricted to the graphic layer), and keep the current wxWidget management events in eeschema and page layout editor (although the graphics in pl_editor are so basic we can redraw the full screen without any optimization each time a object is moving). > > Best, > Tom > > > >> Cheers, >> >> Wayne -- Jean-Pierre CHARRAS _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
