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.
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ SetClippingRect(self, rect)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 +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 @@ -377,7 +377,10 @@ be used from XRC.
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 "Right Thing" but also be as backwards compatible as possible. @@ -619,18 +622,20 @@ fully transparent.
[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 @@ -765,11 +770,11 @@ directly in site-packages. This is done to help facilitate having multiple versions of wxPython installed side-by-side. Why would you want to do this? One possible scenario is you have an app that requires wxPython 2.4 but you want to use the newest 2.5 to do your -development with. Or perhaps you want to be able to test your app +own development with. Or perhaps you want to be able to test your app with several different versions of wxPython to ensure compatibility. Before everyone panics, rest asured that if you only install one -version of wxPython then you should notice no difference in how -things work. +version of wxPython then you should notice no difference in how things +work.In addition to installing wxPython into a "versioned" subdirectory of site-packages, a file named wx.pth is optionally installed that will contain the name of the versioned subdirectory. This will cause that @@ -788,10 +793,10 @@ runtime so your applications can select which version of wxPython they would like to to have imported. You use it like this:
import wxversion -wxversion.require("2.4") +wxversion.select("2.4") import wx-Then eventhough a 2.5 version of wxPython may be the default the +
Then even though a 2.5 version of wxPython may be the default the application that does the above the first time that wx is imported will actually get a 2.4 version. NOTE: There isn't actually a 2.4 version of wxPython that supports this, but there will be.