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@@ -39,13 +39,22 @@ changes:
   bit text, the new wxIPC_UTF8TEXT format is used for transferring wxStrings.
 
 
   bit text, the new wxIPC_UTF8TEXT format is used for transferring wxStrings.
 
 

-wxODBC library removal
-----------------------
+wxODBC and contrib libraries removal
+------------------------------------

 
 wxODBC library was unmaintained since several years and we couldn't continue
 supporting it any longer so it was removed. Please use any of the other open
 source ODBC libraries in the future projects.
 
 
 wxODBC library was unmaintained since several years and we couldn't continue
 supporting it any longer so it was removed. Please use any of the other open
 source ODBC libraries in the future projects.
 

+Also the "applet", "deprecated", "fl", "mmedia" and "plot" contrib libraries
+were removed as they were unmaintained and broken since several years.
+The "gizmos", "ogl", "net" and "foldbar" contribs have been moved to
+wxCode (see http://wxcode.sourceforge.net/complist.php); they are now
+open for futher development by volunteers.
+
+The "stc" and "svg" contribs instead have been moved respectively into a new
+"official" library stc and in the core lib.
+

 
 Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------


@@ -68,12 +77,20 @@ Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
   sizes of the sizer items to be in the same proportion as the items
   proportions to return to the old behaviour.
 
   sizes of the sizer items to be in the same proportion as the items
   proportions to return to the old behaviour.
 

+- wxWindow::Freeze/Thaw() are not virtual any more, if you overrode them in
+  your code you need to override DoFreeze/Thaw() instead now.
+
+

 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 
 - WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 doesn't exist any more, please update your code if
   you still relied on features deprecated since version 2.4
 
 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 
 - WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 doesn't exist any more, please update your code if
   you still relied on features deprecated since version 2.4
 

+- wxDC classes hierarchy has changed, if you derived any classes from wxDC you
+  need to review them as wxDC doesn't have any virtual methods any longer and
+  uses delegation instead of inheritance to present different behaviours.
+

 - Return type of wxString::operator[] and wxString::iterator::operator* is no
   longer wxChar (i.e. char or wchar_t), but wxUniChar. This is not a problem
   in vast majority of cases because of conversion operators, but it can break
 - Return type of wxString::operator[] and wxString::iterator::operator* is no
   longer wxChar (i.e. char or wchar_t), but wxUniChar. This is not a problem
   in vast majority of cases because of conversion operators, but it can break


@@ -124,7 +141,7 @@ Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
 
 - Removed global GetLine() function from wx/protocol/protocol.h, use
   wxProtocol::ReadLine() instead.
 
 - Removed global GetLine() function from wx/protocol/protocol.h, use
   wxProtocol::ReadLine() instead.

-  
+

 - wxVariant no longer derives from wxObject. wxVariantData also no longer
   derives from wxObject; instead of using wxDynamicCast with wxVariantData you
   can use the macro wxDynamicCastVariantData with the same arguments.
 - wxVariant no longer derives from wxObject. wxVariantData also no longer
   derives from wxObject; instead of using wxDynamicCast with wxVariantData you
   can use the macro wxDynamicCastVariantData with the same arguments.


@@ -149,11 +166,22 @@ Deprecated methods and their replacements
 - wxXmlProperty class was renamed to wxXmlAttribute in order to use standard
   terminology. Corresponding wxXmlNode methods were renamed to use
   "Attribute" instead of "Property" or "Prop" in their names.
 - wxXmlProperty class was renamed to wxXmlAttribute in order to use standard
   terminology. Corresponding wxXmlNode methods were renamed to use
   "Attribute" instead of "Property" or "Prop" in their names.

+- wxConnection::OnExecute() is not formally deprecated yet but new code should
+  use simpler OnExec() version which is called with wxString argument

 
 
 Major new features in this release
 ----------------------------------
 
 
 
 Major new features in this release
 ----------------------------------
 

+- wxWidgets is now always built with Unicode support but provides the same
+  simple (i.e. "char *"-tolerant) API as was available in ANSI build in the
+  past.
+
+- wxWidgets may now use either wchar_t (UTF-16/32) or UTF-8 internally,
+  depending on what is optimal for the target platform.
+
+- Events loops, timers and sockets can now be used in wxBase, without GUI.
+

 
 2.9.0
 -----
 
 2.9.0
 -----


@@ -161,11 +189,13 @@ Major new features in this release
 All:
 
 - Added (experimental) IPv6 support to wxSocket (Arcen)
 All:
 
 - Added (experimental) IPv6 support to wxSocket (Arcen)

+- Added wxXLocale class and xlocale-like functions using it

 - Allow loading message catalogs from wxFileSystem (Axel Gembe)
 - Added wxMessageQueue class for inter-thread communications
 - Use UTF-8 for Unicode data in wxIPC classes (Anders Larsen)
 - Added support for user-defined types to wxConfig (Marcin Wojdyr).
 - Added wxJoin() and wxSplit() functions (Francesco Montorsi).
 - Allow loading message catalogs from wxFileSystem (Axel Gembe)
 - Added wxMessageQueue class for inter-thread communications
 - Use UTF-8 for Unicode data in wxIPC classes (Anders Larsen)
 - Added support for user-defined types to wxConfig (Marcin Wojdyr).
 - Added wxJoin() and wxSplit() functions (Francesco Montorsi).

+- Added wxDateTime::FormatISOCombined() and ParseISODate/Time/Combined()

 - Added wxMutex::LockTimeout() (Aleksandr Napylov).
 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxInputStream&) ctor (Stas Sergeev).
 - Implemented wxMemoryInputStream::CanRead().
 - Added wxMutex::LockTimeout() (Aleksandr Napylov).
 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxInputStream&) ctor (Stas Sergeev).
 - Implemented wxMemoryInputStream::CanRead().


@@ -184,6 +214,8 @@ All:
   Linnakangas).
 - wxVariant::Unshare allows exclusive allocation of data that must be shared,
   if the wxVariantData::Clone function is implemented.
   Linnakangas).
 - wxVariant::Unshare allows exclusive allocation of data that must be shared,
   if the wxVariantData::Clone function is implemented.

+- Added wxWeakRef<T>, wxScopedPtr<T>, wxSharedPtr<T> class templates
+- Added wxVector<T> class templates

 
 All (Unix):
 
 
 All (Unix):
 


@@ -191,9 +223,12 @@ All (Unix):
 
 All (GUI):
 
 
 All (GUI):
 

+- Added wxDataViewCtrl class and helper classes

 - Added {wxTextCtrl,wxComboBox}::AutoComplete() and AutoCompleteFileNames()
 - Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty).
 - Added wxNotificationMessage class for non-intrusive notifications
 - Added {wxTextCtrl,wxComboBox}::AutoComplete() and AutoCompleteFileNames()
 - Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty).
 - Added wxNotificationMessage class for non-intrusive notifications

+- Added wxWindow::Show/HideWithEffect()
+- Added wxWrapSizer

 - Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron).
 - Added support for drop down toolbar buttons (Tim Kosse).
 - Added support for labels for toolbar controls (Vince Harron).
 - Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron).
 - Added support for drop down toolbar buttons (Tim Kosse).
 - Added support for labels for toolbar controls (Vince Harron).


@@ -233,7 +268,18 @@ All (GUI):
   behaviour of GetNextSibling() consistent between wxMSW and generic versions.
 - Merged wxRichTextAttr and wxTextAttrEx into wxTextAttr, and added a font table
   to wxRichTextBuffer to reduce wxFont consumption and increase performance.
   behaviour of GetNextSibling() consistent between wxMSW and generic versions.
 - Merged wxRichTextAttr and wxTextAttrEx into wxTextAttr, and added a font table
   to wxRichTextBuffer to reduce wxFont consumption and increase performance.

-- Optimize wxGenericTreeCtrl::Collapse/ExpandAllChildren() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
+- Optimize wxGenericTreeCtrl::Collapse/ExpandAllChildren(). (Szczepan Holyszewski)
+- Added <scrollrate> parameter to wxScrolledWindow XRC handler.
+- Added support for automatic dialog scrolling, via the new wxDialogLayoutAdapter
+  class and various new wxDialog functions. See the topic "Automatic Scrolling
+  Dialogs" in the manual for further details.
+- Added support for resizing wxWizard bitmaps to the current page height,
+  via SetBitmapPlacement, SetBitmapBackgroundColour and SetMinimumBitmapWidth.
+  Also made it easier to derive from wxWizard and override behaviour.
+- Made wxSizer::Fit() set the client size of the target window
+- Add support for wxDatePickerCtrl in wxGenericValidator (Herry Ayen Yang)
+- Added wxWindow::HasFocus().
+- Added wxGLCanvas::IsDisplaySupported()

 
 wxGTK:
 
 
 wxGTK:
 


@@ -249,6 +295,7 @@ wxGTK:
 - Added support for colour cursors (Pascal Monasse).
 - Pass current control text to EVT_TEXT handler for wxSpinCtrl (John Ratliff).
 - Added gtk.tlw.can-set-transparency system option.
 - Added support for colour cursors (Pascal Monasse).
 - Pass current control text to EVT_TEXT handler for wxSpinCtrl (John Ratliff).
 - Added gtk.tlw.can-set-transparency system option.

+- Added support for GTK+ print backend

 
 wxMac:
 
 
 wxMac:
 


@@ -258,6 +305,7 @@ wxMac:
 - Allow accelerators to be used with buttons too (Ryan Wilcox).
 - Support resource forks in wxCopyFile() (Hank Schultz).
 - Implement wxLocale::GetInfo() using CFLocale
 - Allow accelerators to be used with buttons too (Ryan Wilcox).
 - Support resource forks in wxCopyFile() (Hank Schultz).
 - Implement wxLocale::GetInfo() using CFLocale

+- Added native wxCollapsiblePane

 
 wxMSW:
 
 
 wxMSW:
 


@@ -265,7 +313,8 @@ wxMSW:
 - Return the restored window size from GetSize() when window is minimized.
 - wxCheckListBox now looks more native, especially under XP (Marcin Malich).
 - Allow tooltips longer than 64 (up to 128) characters in wxTaskBarIcon
 - Return the restored window size from GetSize() when window is minimized.
 - wxCheckListBox now looks more native, especially under XP (Marcin Malich).
 - Allow tooltips longer than 64 (up to 128) characters in wxTaskBarIcon

-- Fix centering wxFileDialog
+- Fix centering wxFileDialog and allow positioning it
+- Allow centering wxMessageDialog on its parent window (troelsk)

 
 wxX11:
 
 
 wxX11:
 


@@ -276,9 +325,31 @@ wxX11:
 2.8.8
 -----
 
 2.8.8
 -----
 

+All:
+
+- Fixed bug with parsing some dates in wxDateTime (Bob Pesner)
+- Fixed bug with parsing negative time zones in wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date()
+

 All (GUI):
 
 - Added wxWindow::GetNextSibling() and GetPrevSibling()
 All (GUI):
 
 - Added wxWindow::GetNextSibling() and GetPrevSibling()

+- Improve wximage::ResampleBox() (Mihai Ciocarlie)
+- Implemented ScrollList() in generic wxListCtrl (Tim Kosse)
+- Fixed wxXmlResource::GetText() to convert data to current locale's
+  charset in ANSI build.
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Fix rare bug with messages delivered to wrong wxSocket (Tim Kosse)
+- Fix setting icons when they have non-default (16*16 and 32*32) sizes
+- Fixed wxLocale::GetInfo to use the C locale.
+- Don't enable disabled windows when showing them (Harry McKame).
+- Fix assert when using owner-drawn menu items with the newest (Vista) SDK
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Return false from wxEventLoop::Dispatch() if gtk_main_quit() was called and
+  so the loop should exit (Rodolfo Schulz de Lima)

 
 
 2.8.7
 
 
 2.8.7