FS#74727 - Update wxwidgets to 3.1.6 and drop python-wxpython package

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Grigory Vasilyev (nullik) - Friday, 13 May 2022, 12:52 GMT
Last edited by Antonio Rojas (arojas) - Friday, 13 May 2022, 13:06 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

wxwidgets 3.0.5 is very outdated and has a lot of bugs, many programs under wayland do not draw correctly.
Also python-wxpython a buggy package that has a lot of bugs and doesn't work properly with the latest versions of python3, Fedora adds additional patches to work with it.
I propose to completely get rid of python-wxpython, no one probably uses it, and the author has not released updates for several years.
I think it's worth updating wxwidgets and focusing on supporting modern systems.

With new wxwidgets we can build kicad adding parameters to cmake:
-DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=OFF \
-DKICAD_USE_EGL=ON \
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Closed by  Antonio Rojas (arojas)
Friday, 13 May 2022, 13:06 GMT
Reason for closing:  Deferred
Additional comments about closing:  3.0.5 is the latest stable version

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