Re: Packaging: wxWidgets 2.7

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raphaël Enrici [mailto:blacknoz(at)club-internet(dot)fr]
> Sent: 29 August 2006 14:01
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org; Florian G. Pflug; Hiroshi Saito
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Packaging: wxWidgets 2.7
>
> was about to do an update concerning this. I got an answer
> from Ron. He
> may help with this if it becomes an issue for us (it seems to be the
> case now ;). So, I bet we can go on. However he would be
> interested in
> our feedback and the reasons why we swap to this version.

wxAUI. One of the most common complaints I hear about pgAdmin is that it's an unattractive, old fashioned interface - especially when compared to some of the commercial products out there (which admittedly are mainly not cross platform). wxAUI allows us to update that look'n'feel with a modern docking UI. The standalone version of wxAUI (ie. Pre 2.7) works with a number of patches and hacks both to get it to compile and to get it usable. The version bundled with wx2.7 works out of the box for us.

Regards, Dave.