X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/2b00444c2bf53995355cf70a35ea834cd042f2ec..a35327028051bf75882b4f4cd6fcaf351c7b892b:/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt b/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt index 0ade0dcccf..9dd3ca2c10 100644 --- a/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt +++ b/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ ============================ -wxPython 2.5 Migration Guide +wxPython 2.6 Migration Guide ============================ This document will help explain some of the major changes in wxPython -2.5 since the 2.4 series and let you know what you need to do to adapt +2.6 since the 2.4 series and let you know what you need to do to adapt your programs to those changes. Be sure to also check in the CHANGES_ file like usual to see info about the not so major changes and other things that have been added to wxPython. @@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ Building, Extending and Embedding wxPython wxPython's setup.py script now expects to use existing libraries for the contribs (gizmos, stc, xrc, etc.) rather than building local copies of them. If you build your own copies of wxPython please be -aware that you now need to also build the ogl, stc, xrc, and gizmos -libraries in addition to the main wx lib. +aware that you now need to also build the stc, xrc, animate and gizmos +libraries in addition to the main wx lib. The wxPython.h and other header files are now in .../wxPython/include/wx/wxPython instead of in wxPython/src. You @@ -425,7 +425,10 @@ You should not use AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer (and similar for Insert, Prepend, and etc.) methods any longer. Just use Add and the wrappers will figure out what to do. **[Changed in 2.5.2.x]** AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer and etc. will now issue a -DeprecationWarning. +DeprecationWarning. **[Changed in 2.5.4.x]** These methods have now +been undeprecated at the request of Riaan Booysen, the Boa Constructor +team lead. They are now just simple compatibility aliases for Add, +and etc. **[Changed in 2.5.2.x]** The Sizers have had some fundamental internal changes in the 2.5.2.x release intended to make them do more of the @@ -688,19 +691,22 @@ OGL is dead! LONG LIVE OGL! **[Changed in 2.5.2.x]** -The wx.ogl module has been deprecated in favor of the new Python port -of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl contributed by Pierre Hjälm. -This will hopefully greatly extend the life of OGL within wxPython by -making it more easily maintainable and less prone to getting rusty as -there seems to be less and less interest in maintaining the C++ -version. +The wx.ogl module was deprecated in version 2.5.2 in favor of the new +Python port of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl contributed by +Pierre Hjälm. Starting in version 2.5.5 the old ogl is no longer +being built in the distributed binaries, however the source code is +still in the source tree so people can built it themselves if desired. + +The reason this changes was done was to greatly extend the life of OGL +within wxPython by making it more easily maintainable and less prone +to getting rusty as there seems to be less and less interest in +maintaining the C++ version. There are only a few known compatibility issues at this time. First -is that the ogl.DrawnShape has not been reimplemented yet. Next is the -location of OGL. The deprecated version is located in the wx.ogl -module, and the new version is in the wx.lib.ogl package. So this -just means that to start using the new version you need to adjust your -imports. So if your code currently has something like this:: +is the location of OGL. The old version was located in the +wx.ogl module, and the new version is in the wx.lib.ogl package. So +this just means that to start using the new version you need to adjust +your imports. So if your code currently has something like this:: import wx import wx.ogl as ogl