wxWidgets again

[Jonathan Stickel]

On 8/13/13 12:38 , Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Jonathan Stickel wrote:
>
>> This is the reason I personally abandoned wx backend and
>> started using QT4 for enthought ports.
>
> If Qt4 works better than xw anyway, I have a slightly "selfish"
> request: would it be possible to remove the wxWidgets variant from
> these ports altogether? (Or, if you want, you could add the variant
> back after wxWidgets mess is cleaned up.)
>
> The reason is that every single ports that depends on wxWidgets needs
> to be carefully adapted and tested. I know that pyface compiles with
> wxPython 2.9, but I also know that I had no clue how to even start it
> to see whether it works. And if not even the maintainer is willing to
> test the wxWidgets variant, it's probably better if it gets removed
> altogether.
>
> Every single port that gets rid of the dependency spares a ton of work
> during "making sure that all wx ports still work" phase ;) ;) ;)
>

I don't have time at the moment, but I will do as you ask in the next 
week or so. I am curious to see if this triggers tickets from folks that 
are using the wx backend for py-pyface.

Jonathan