medium and long-term. It also serves as a schedule for new releases so
that both developers and users can know what to expect when, at least approximately.<P>
-Note (1): as the wxWindows effort is voluntary, these are not hard-and-fast deadlines:
+We are adopting the Linux kernel style of numbering system where odd minor version numbers are development
+versions, and even numbers are stable versions. For example, 2.1.x are development releases,
+and the next 'stable' or final release of it would be 2.2.<P>
+
+Bug-fix patches to the stable release (if made) then become point
+releases of 2.2 (2.2.x) while development continues with wild abandon
+on 2.3.x until the end of the next development cycle when it is
+released as 2.4.<P>
+
+Development versions that end up on the FTP site or CD-ROM, as opposed to remaining
+in the CVS archive, are semi-stable -- i.e. they are checked for compilation and
+run-time problems, but not as thoroughly as the stable versions.<P>
+
+Note that since the wxWindows effort is voluntary, these are not hard-and-fast deadlines:
but we will endeavour to follow them as closely as possible.<P>
-Note (2): the releases described are for wxGTK, wxMSW and wxMotif ports. wxMac currently follows
-its own development path. Also, minor snapshot releases for specific platforms may be
+Note also that the releases described are for wxGTK, wxMSW and wxMotif ports. wxMac currently follows
+its own development path but is due to merge with the main code base in November/December.
+Also, minor snapshot releases for specific platforms may be
available at dates convenient to the developers.<P>
<CENTER>
</CENTER>
<P>
-<H4>Release 2.1.10</H4>
+<H4>Release 2.1.14</H4>
-<ul>
-<li>Release date: October 3rd, 1999
-<li>This beta is intended to be the last stable snapshot before wxWindows
-is split into base and GUI libraries.
-<li>New wxGrid in beta.
-</ul>
+Release date: February 13 or 20, 2000<P>
-<P>
+This will be the final beta release before the final 2.2 release. It will be
+synchronized for as many platforms as possible (at least Windows and GTK,
+probably Motif and hopefully Mac).
-<H2>Release 2.1.11 (final)</H2>
+Changes since the last synchronized release (2.1.11):
<ul>
-<li>Release date: November 7th, 1999
-<li>Splits wxWindows into base and GUI libraries. Most, but not all makefiles
-are expected to support this: for the rest, the makefiles will build a valid
-combined base/GUI library for GUI applications only.
-<li>New wxGrid.
-<li>wxSocket working.
-<li>wxHTML printing (possibly).
-<li>Animation classes (possibly).
-<li>PCX writing capability (possibly).
-<li>wxImage handlers in separate .h and .cpp files.
-<li>Rewritten timer.cpp, possible wxChrono class.
-<li>Bug tracking system in place.
+<li>first beta release of wxBase
+<li>new or significantly improved base classes: wxDateTime, wxLongLong,
+wxCmdLineParser, wxDir, wxStopWatch
+<li>much better i18n support, encoding conversion on the fly, wxFontMapper
+<li>new wxGrid class
+<li>new wxCalendarCtrl class
+<li>dynamic toolbar/menubar management
+<li>better image formats support: TIFF (new), PCX (improved)
+<li>attributes (custom colours/font) support in wxTreeCtrl, wxListCtrl
+<li>impressive number of fixed bugs in wxMSW and wxGTK including various
+incompatibilities between the two
</ul>
<P>
-<H4>Release 2.1.12</H4>
-
-<ul>
-<li>Release date: January 9th, 2000
-<li>Miscellaneous fixes and small enhancements.
-</ul>
+<H4>Release 2.2 (stable)</H4>
-<P>
+
Release date: March 5, 2000.<P>
-<H4>Release 2.1.13</H4>
+This is the next stable version of wxWindows. No new features since
+2.1.14 beta.
<ul>
-<li>Release date: March 5th, 2000
-<li>Miscellaneous fixes and small enhancements.
-<li>wxDateTime class in beta.
+<li>bugs found during 2.1.14 will be fixed.
+<li>translations of text strings used in wxWindows
+<li>documentation updated to include all new classes
</ul>
<P>
-<H4>Release 2.2.0</H4>
+<H4>Release 2.3</H4>
+
+Release date: ?
<ul>
-<li>Release date: May 7th, 2000
-<li>Unicode compilation starting to work in wxGTK and wxMSW.
+<li>Context sensitive help.
+<li>More i18n issues: dates, times, ...
+<li>POSIX-like regular expressions support for all platforms.
+<li>Encryption support (interface to OpenSSL).
+<li>UDP support in wxSocket
+<li>wxPlot
+<li>XML for resource files.
+<li>Built-in support for configuring key bindings
</ul>
<P>
-<H2>Release 2.2.x (final)</H2>
+<H4>Release 2.4 (stable)</H4>
-<ul>
-<li>Release date: c. July 2nd, 2000
-<li>Unicode compilation working in wxGTK and wxMSW.
-<li>wxDateTime class.
-</ul>
-
-<P>
+Release date: ?
-<H2>Release 2.3.x (final)</H2>
+Stable version of 2.3.
<ul>
-<li>Release date: unknown
-<li>WinCE port available.
+<li>wxMac release.
+<li>wxBeOS port.
</ul>
<P>
and GUI (classes and functions usable by GUI application only).
<li>Extend and unify drag and drop handling (e.g. we need to specify multiple drop targets
that can handle multiple formats).
-<li>Expand the number of controls that can be specified in a WXR file.
+<li>Expand the number of controls that can be specified in a WXR file;
+add constraint specification to WXR syntax and Dialog Editor; add multilanguage support to WXR.
+May be we'd better change the format completely and replace WXR with XML
+(providing conversion utility for old files)?
+<li>Context sensitive help: we need to have wxHelpEvent which would be
+generated when the help for a given control is requested and a standard
+handler for it in wxWindow which would invoke the default help system with the
+correct help id.
<li>Rewrite Dialog Editor.
+<li>Modem-oriented classes: wxDialUpManager for dialing up the ISP and
+determining if there is a connection to Internet on the machine and
+wxPhoneDialer for dialing arbitrary phone numbers and otherwise communicating
+with the modem.
+<li>wxImage handlers in separate .h and .cpp files.
<li>PCX writing code.
<li>GIF animation code.
<li>Tidying of timer code, addition of wxChrono class.
+<li>Debug wxPostScriptDC further.
<li>wxDateTime class.
+<li>Regular expressions support.
+<li>Expansion of wxHTML to support further tags, and frames.
<li>MGL port (see Backroom/Future Ports page).
<li>Rotated text support.
<li>FreeType support.
<li>Support for 'skins', perhaps using a set of alternative control and window classes
written generically in wxWindows.
+<li>Serial and parallel port support.
+<li>Modem and telephony support.
<li>Book, tutorial.
<li>More examples.
+<li>Bug tracking system.
</ul>
<P>
<ul>
<li>Windows CE port.
-<li>Cure bug whereby in a panel within another panel, all buttons become
-default buttons (heavy black border).
-<li>Write a RC->WXR converter.
+<li>Write a RC to WXR converter.
</ul>
<P>
<B><I>wxMotif</I></B><P>
<ul>
+<li>Fix menu accelerators
+<li>Fix refresh problems
<li>Allow wxSystemSettings to be configurable, perhaps via a control
panel application.
</ul>
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