<font face="Arial, Lucida Sans, Helvetica">
-<table width=100% border=4 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0>
+<table width=100% border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0>
<tr>
-<td bgcolor="#660000">
+<td bgcolor="#004080" align=left height=24 background="images/bluetitlegradient.gif">
<font size=+1 face="Arial, Lucida Sans, Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF">
-wxWindows Roadmap
+<b>wxWindows Roadmap</b>
</font>
</td>
</tr>
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:
-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
-available at dates convenient to the developers.<P>
-
-<CENTER>
-<HR> <FONT SIZE=+2><I><B><a name="schedule">Schedule</a></B></I></FONT> <HR>
-</CENTER>
-<P>
-
-<H4>Release 2.1.10</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>
+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>
-<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>
-<H2>Release 2.1.11 (final)</H2>
-
-<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.
-</ul>
-
-<P>
-
-<H4>Release 2.1.12</H4>
-
-<ul>
-<li>Release date: January 9th, 2000
-<li>Miscellaneous fixes and small enhancements.
-</ul>
-
-<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>
-<H4>Release 2.1.13</H4>
+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>
-<ul>
-<li>Release date: March 5th, 2000
-<li>Miscellaneous fixes and small enhancements.
-<li>wxDateTime class in beta.
-</ul>
+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.
+Finally, this page only shows the things which are still left to do, please
+look elsewhere to see the complete list of changes between the releases,
+including the things which are already done.
<P>
-<H4>Release 2.2.0</H4>
-
-<ul>
-<li>Release date: May 7th, 2000
-<li>Unicode compilation starting to work in wxGTK and wxMSW.
-</ul>
-
+<CENTER>
+<HR> <FONT SIZE=+2><I><B><a name="schedule">Schedule</a></B></I></FONT> <HR>
+</CENTER>
<P>
-<H2>Release 2.2.x (final)</H2>
-
-<ul>
-<li>Release date: c. July 2nd, 2000
-<li>Unicode compilation working in wxGTK and wxMSW.
-<li>wxDateTime class.
-</ul>
+<H4>Release 2.4.0 (stable)</H4>
+
+Release date: Summer 2002?
+
+<p>
+
+Stable version of 2.3.
+
+<ol>
+ <li>Very important
+ <ul>
+ <li>wxMac: make the release together with the other ports
+ <li>Fix wxStream::Eof() problems
+ <li>wxGTK: GTK+ 2.0 support
+ </ul>
+
+ <li>Important
+ <ul>
+ <li>(Unix) implement <tt>wx-config</tt> as a version and build
+ parameters independent script which would just read the
+ configuration files
+ <li>Finish wxFileName
+ <li>Make it possible to process the key strokes portably
+ <li>Add wxSemaphor, fix wxCondition
+ </ul>
+
+ <li>Nice to have
+ <ul>
+ <li>support for text in the wxToolBar buttons
+ <li>radio buttons in wxToolBar
+ <li>possibility to use individual wxUniv controls from the native
+ ports
+ </ul>
+</ol>
<P>
-<H2>Release 2.3.x (final)</H2>
+<H4>Release 3.0.0 (stable)</H4>
-<ul>
-<li>Release date: unknown
-<li>WinCE port available.
-</ul>
+This release should finally mark the end of support for the antiquated
+compilers without decent support of the modern C++ features such as templates,
+exceptions and namespaces. wxWindows containers should be replaced with the
+corresponding standard library classes and <tt>std::basic_string<></tt>
+should be used instead of <tt>wxString</tt>.
-<P>
+<p>
<CENTER>
<HR> <FONT SIZE=+2><I><B><a name="todo">To-Do List</a></B></I></FONT> <HR>
<P>
+This is just a collection of the various things which it would be nice to
+include in wxWindows but which are not actively worked on right now and for
+which no schedule is fixed yet. If you're interested in helping with wxWindows
+development, one of the small projects below could be a great way to join the
+team!
+
+<p>
Developers: please feel free to add to these, and delete them when they are done.
<P>
<B><I>General</I></B><P>
<ul>
-<li>wxHTML printing. When finished, this will allow an application to generate
-printed reports with very little effort.
-<li>wxSocket.
-<li>Split library into several, for base (classes and functions usable by console and GUI
-applications), console (classes and functions usable by console application only)
-and GUI (classes and functions usable by GUI application only).
+<li>A rich text editor similar to GTK+ 2.0 GtkTextView but cross-platform
<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>Rewrite Dialog Editor.
-<li>PCX writing code.
-<li>GIF animation code.
-<li>Tidying of timer code, addition of wxChrono class.
-<li>wxDateTime class.
-<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.
</ul>
<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.
</ul>
<P>
<B><I>wxGTK</I></B><P>
<ul>
+<li>Full Unicode support using GTK+ 2.0
+<li>Wrap the new GTK+ 2.0 GtkTextView powerful widget
<li>GNOME/KDE integration libraries.
</ul>
<P>
-<B><I>wxMotif</I></B><P>
-
-<ul>
-<li>Allow wxSystemSettings to be configurable, perhaps via a control
-panel application.
-</ul>
-
-
</BODY>
</HTML>
projects / wxWidgets.git / blobdiff