upgrade wxwidgets2.8 to the 2.8.6.1 release

As we are currently in UpstreamVersionFreeze (UVF) you will need to get an exception for this new upstream version to get it included in Ubuntu gutsy.
Please read https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess#head-9523bc4076ff011324d67cddc97969ec609618d6 if you're still interested.

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Thanks.

Moving status to incomplete and importance to wishlist.

[Expired for wxwidgets2.8 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Reopening as valid for hardy

Is someone working on packaging wxwidgets 2.8.6?

Adrien, I am.

Devid pinged me on IRC. He has a working package, with some fixes, and updated to 2.8.6.1

Devid, could you please let us know what's the state of your work?

Yes, I'm actually working at the package. I can post it, but first I want to fix some lintian warnings. I think tomorrow I will post the package in REVU.

Devid, how are those lintian warnings going on?

Cheers

Any news on this?

Devid, would you mind please uploading your package to REVU or somewhere so we can get it in ASAP? You don't need to fix every lintian warning, they are warning and no errors ;)

Seriously, you can upload it to the archive and work on it more later and improve it. But we need this update.

By the way, upstream has released 2.8.7

Devid has uploaded 2.8.6.1 to http://revu.ubuntuwire.com/details.py?package=wxwidgets2.8

Let's try to get it in and update to 2.8.7.1 later.

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1) Why is "dbg" dropped from FLAVOUR in build_options.py? I would expect to find that in the WX_CONFIG.dpatch (which should also have a description)
2) Similarly, the "-dbg" seems to have been added to src/wx.pth. Does this do the same thing?
3) Don't use an absolute path in the Icon= key in the desktop files
4) Don't use absolute pathnames for the executables in the menu files

    Of these, only points 1 & 2 need explanation for upload. If they are really correct, please leave a comment explaining why, and subscribe the sponsors team.

Aside from that, that's a heap of excellent changes. It looks really good.

Both build_options.py and wx.pth are generated files, and the contents are based on version info and options passed to setup.py.

Build log - successfully built.

If they are both generated files, is it worth patching build_options.py with dpatch?

Phatch works fine with wxpython 2.8.6.1.

This looks ready, subscribing u-u-s

In the previous version of the package, wxPython/wx/build/build_options.py was fixed.

Uploaded, please mark this as Fix Released once built on all architectures.

Successfully built.
Thank you all for your work on this!
(Now time to update filezilla :))

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