This page is for tracking transitioning packages from wxwidgets2.8 to wxwidgets3.0 and wxpython3.0. Other useful tools:

There are now packages of wxWidgets 3.0.2 in testing and unstable. A backported version is available in wheezy-backports.

Packages of wxPython 3.0.1.1 are in testing and unstable. A backport is planned.

The wxwidgets2.8 packages have now been removed from jessie, and will be dropped from unstable fairly soon.

For C++ packages, the package you probably want to build-depend on is libwxgtk3.0-dev (or if you only use the 'wxbase' library, libwxbase3.0-dev). There's no need to also build-depend on wx3.0-headers or wx-common, and there's no need to build-depend on both libwxgtk3.0-dev and libwxbase3.0-dev.

Some important notes:

Popcon graph showing installs of the wx3.0 runtime library and wxpython 3.0 packages:

http://qa.debian.org/cgi-bin/popcon-png?packages=libwxgtk3.0-0+libwxbase3.0-0+libwxgtk-media3.0-0+libwxgtk-webview3.0-0+python-wxgtk3.0&show_installed=on&want_legend=on&date_fmt=%Y-%m&beenhere=1

Popcon graph showing installations of wx C++ and Python runtimes for wx 2.6, 2.8 and 3.0:

http://qa.debian.org/cgi-bin/popcon-png?packages=libwxgtk2.6-0+libwxgtk2.8-0+libwxgtk3.0-0+python-wxgtk2.6+python-wxgtk2.8+python-wxgtk3.0&show_installed=on&want_legend=on&date_fmt=%Y-%m&beenhere=1

If you've any useful information, please add it.

Still using wx2.8

Package

Upstream

Debian

BTS

Notes

Debian maintainer

sitplus

(./)

?

750910

Not in testing; Builds with patch, but needs hardware to test fully; upstream supports wx3 since after packaged release; maintainer and upstream working on updated package, but update is complex

Debian Med Packaging Team <debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.d.o>

amule

?

{X}

751241

Not in testing; upstream seems to have wx3 support, but debian maintainer reverted to wx2.8 because it's apparently too buggy

Debian aMule Team <pkg-amule-devel@lists.alioth.d.o>

tribler

{X}

{X}

759044

wxpython

paulliu

tinc-gui

?

EXP-only

760695

wxpython; version using python-wxgtk2.8 is only in experimental, so doesn't block removal

guus

Removal Requested

Done

Package

Upstream

Debian

BTS

Notes

Debian maintainer

aegisub

(./)

(./)

691384

NEW processing because of new -dbg pkg

Sebastian Reichel <sre>

erlang

(./)

(./)

Upstream cares about 3.0, but there are a few minor bugs, and one segfault. The segfault is fixed. The package is in new because of introducing erlang-dbg package

Sergei Golovan <sgolovan>

survex

(./)

(./)

Olly Betts <olly>

sffview

(./)

(./)

upgrading fixed 645159

Olly Betts <olly>

golly

(./)

(./)

729677

NMUed at maintainer's request

NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe@fsij.org>

fityk

(./)

(./)

703150

builds OK

Carlo Segre <segre>

xchm

(./)

(./)

740991

builds with tiny patch and seems to work; macports built it

Kartik Mistry <kartik>

0ad

(./)

(./)

builds OK

Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.d.o>

mkvtoolnix

(./)

(./)

Christian Marillat <marillat>

saga

(./)

(./)

New version requires 3.0. New package already in ubuntu ppa

Debian GIS Project <pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.d.o>

mathgl

(./)

(./)

741710

builds OK, seems hard to test

Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.d.o>

mediainfo

(./)

(./)

741742

Builds without patches, seems to work

Chow Loong Jin <hyperair>

stx-btree

(./)

(./)

741978

Builds without any changes

Yury Stankevich <urykhy@gmail.com>

spek

(./)

(./)

742078

builds and works

Alexander Kojevnikov <alexander@kojevnikov.com>

mriconvert

(./)

(./)

742019

builds without changes; upstream supports wx3

Debian Med Packaging Team <debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org>

flamerobin

(./)

(./)

742092

builds ok; seems to work

Damyan Ivanov <dmn>

ebook2cwgui

(./)

(./)

741490

Debian Hamradio Maintainers <debian-hams@lists.debian.org>

asc

(./)

(./)

742572

builds and runs OK

Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>

delaboratory

(./)

(./)

742659

Needs to be built with -DNDEBUG, runs OK

Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs>

tintii

(./)

(./)

742020

builds without changes

Daniel Echeverry <epsilon77@gmail.com>

libwx-perl

(./)

(./)

743280

newer upstream (0.9923) supports 3.0.0

Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>

libalien-wxwidgets-perl

(./)

(./)

743281

newer upstream (0.65) supports 3.0.0

Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>

rapidsvn

(./)

(./)

no upstream release for ~5 years; builds with assorted changes; QA upload

Orphaned

wxhexeditor

(./)

(./)

744098

Builds; works ok with -DNDEBUG

Andrew Shadura <andrewsh>

wxmaxima

(./)

(./)

741569

macports built it; seems to work when built with NDEBUG

Orphaned

espeakedit

(./)

(./)

746538

builds and seems to work, but hard to test well due to lack of compatible espeak-data in unstable

Debian Accessibility Team <debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org>

hugin

(./)

(./)

746528

builds ok; seems to work OK with patch from upstream to fix segfault on exit

Debian ?PhotoTools Maintainers <pkg-phototools-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>

kicad

(./)

(./)

741440

builds with small patch

Georges Khaznadar <georgesk>

libwx-scintilla-perl

(./)

(./)

Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>

pgadmin3

(./)

(./)

749140

builds ok; seems to work; upload pending

Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda>

jugglemaster

(./)

(./)

749495

Builds with patch; Inactive upstream; already carrying compat patches for wx 2.6 + 2.8

Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>

megaglest

(./)

(./)

741988

Builds without any changes

Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>

p7zip

-

(./)

748639

BD but no runtime dev - 7zG built but not installed to any package!

Mohammed Adnène Trojette <adn>

gnuplot

(./)

(./)

741072

builds ok, seems to work ok; macports built it

Debian Science Team <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>

spatialite-gui

(./)

(./)

748085

builds OK; seems to work but no suitable test data

Debian GIS Project <pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>

pgagent

(./)

(./)

749454

wxbase only; build system needs minor tweaks; unable to test myself

Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda>

gpac

-

(./)

748715

unused BD on libwxgtk2.8-dev

Debian Multimedia Maintainers <pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>

bochs

(./)

(./)

Patched version from experimental for wx3.0 compat and QA uploaded

Orphaned

openyahtzee

(./)

(./)

749992

builds with simple patch; seems to work

Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>

boinc

(./)

(./)

749843

Package in experimental; unstable upload pending

Debian BOINC Maintainers <pkg-boinc-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>

pgn2web

(./)

(./)

743334

builds with simple patch; no upstream release for 8.5 years

Oliver Korff <ok@xynyx.de>

usbprog

(./)

(./)

741391

macports built it; needs trivial patch; NMUed

Uwe Hermann <uwe>

xmlcopyeditor

(./)

(./)

741732

Builds without any changes

Miriam Ruiz <miriam>

cba

(./)

(./)

742576

builds and runs ok with -DNDEBUG

Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>

scorched3d

(./)

(./)

749463

Builds with patches; seems to work ok

Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>

chipw

(./)

(./)

748634

Patch in ticket (though upstream inactive, low popcon -> suggested removal)

Luke Faraone <luke@faraone.cc>

sooperlooper

(./)

(./)

750737

Fails to build; new upstream 1.7.2 apparently compatible

Debian Multimedia Maintainers <pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>

springlobby

(./)

(./)

751362

had switched to wx3.0 but maintainer switched back

Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>

wxsvg

(./)

(./)

748722

PENDING in NEW; builds OK; no dependent packages

Debian Multimedia Maintainers <pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>

bossa

(./)

(./)

751554

PENDING; builds with trivial patch to tell upstream build system to use wx3.0

Scott Howard <showard>

libwx-glcanvas-perl

(./)

(./)

728670

Nicolas Dandrimont <olasd>

trustedqsl

(./)

(./)

750084

builds with patch; hard to test much without suitable files

Debian Hamradio Maintainers <debian-hams@lists.debian.org>

poedit

(./)

(./)

741580

rebuilds cleanly with updated build-deps and seems to work fine, so QA uploaded (New upstream release supports wx3.0 but with STL support enabled, which is ABI incompatible; also requires luceneplusplus which isn't packaged yet; macports built it)

orphaned (RFA)

gentle

(./)

(./)

750906

builds with patch; not tested yet

Debian Med Packaging Team <debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org>

ginkgocadx

(./)

(./)

749487

Packaged version fails to build, but upstream 3.6.1 release is compatible with wx3.0

Debian Med Packaging Team <debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org>

mrpt

(./)

(./)

750968

PENDING; Not in testing; updated package on mentors.d.n

Jose Luis Blanco (University of Malaga) <joseluisblancoc@gmail.com>

filezilla

(./)

(./)

749128

Upstream 3.9.0.1 supports wx3.0

Adrien Cunin <adri2000@ubuntu.com>

3depict

(./)

(./)

746609

Not in testing; maintainer added patch, but failed to update BD to use libwxgtk3.0-dev

Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>

plee-the-bear

(./)

(./)

750087

Not in testing; builds with simple patch; Markus Koschany tested

Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>

crystalspace

(./)

(./)

751558

Not in testing; builds with patch; Markus Koschany tested

Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>

openmsx-catapult

(./)

(./)

750918

Build fails; newer upstream (0.10.1) adds wx3.0 compat; upload intended to fix this, but lacked BD update

Bas Wijnen <wijnen>

sandboxgamemaker

(./)

(./)

749835

Not in testing; contrib; newer upstream but licensing needs checking; maintainer suggests removal from testing; new maintainer uploaded fixed version

was Scott Howard <showard>

treeviewx

(./)

(./)

751255

builds with patch; not tested as no data

Debian Med Packaging Team <debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org>

ctsim

(./)

(./)

751552

Not in testing; builds with patch; works for simple testing

Kevin M. Rosenberg <kmr>

freqtweak

(./)

(./)

750914

Not in testing; NMUed; builds and seems to work with patch; Last upstream release was 2009

Bhavani Shankar <right2bhavi@gmail.com>

wxsqlite3

(./)

(./)

741730

NMUed; Has 3 reverse deps; uploaded to experimental

Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs>

maitreya

(./)

(./)

749974

newer upstream 7.0.6 supports wx3; updated package on mentors.d.n; BD on libwxsqlite3-2.8-dev

Paul Elliott <pelliott@blackpatchpanel.com>

codelite

(./)

(./)

749976

Not in testing; BD on libwxsqlite3-2.8-dev; new upsteam version requires wx3; updated package in experimental

Being adopted

guayadeque

(./)

(./)

749978

Not in testing; builds with patch and seems to work correctly; upstream switching from wx to Qt; BD on libwxsqlite3-2.8-dev

Debian Multimedia Maintainers <pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>

therion

(./)

(./)

749687

Not in testing; builds and works with patch

Wookey <wookey>

thuban

(./)

(./)

757299

also depends on wxPython; last release September 2009; seems to work with patch

Debian GIS Project <pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>

objcryst-fox

(./)

(./)

749870

Not in testing; builds with patch; no data to test with

Carlo Segre <segre>

stimfit

(./)

(./)

757289

macports built it; needs wxPython

Christoph Schmidt-Hieber <christsc@gmx.de>

freedink-dfarc

(./)

(./)

750001

Builds with patch; seems to work; maintainer doesn't want NMU

Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.d.o>

nautic

(./)

(./)

750972

Not in testing; FTBFS (patch in BTS) + two other RC bugs; build with tiny patch, but lots of assertions; maintainer(=upstream) working on it, but busy; offered to NMU

Enas Giovanni <gio.enas@alice.it>

barry

(./)

(./)

751262

Maintainer too busy; Not in testing; builds with patch and runs OK but unable to fully test

Chris Frey <cdfrey@foursquare.net>

openbabel

(./)

(./)

742031

PENDING (for ages - maintainer pinged); builds ok

Debichem Team <debichem-devel@lists.alioth.d.o>

qutemol

(./)

(./)

749861

NMUed to DELAYED/5; Not in testing; builds with patch; segfaults in same places build with 2.8 does; No upstream release for 6+ years

Debichem Team <debichem-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>

plplot

(./)

(./)

749488

Multiple RC bugs; Not in testing; newer upstream wx3.0 compatible and on mentors.d.n; macports built it

Andrew Ross <andrewross@users.sourceforge.net>

gnudatalanguage

(./)

(./)

751566

Not in testing; was blocked by plplot

Axel Beckert <abe>

freespace2-launcher-wxlauncher

(./)

(./)

749834

Not in testing; contrib; builds with patch and seems to work

Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob>

wxastrocapture

(./)

(./)

755558

upload promised soon; new since wheezy; builds and seems to work with patch

<debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.d.o>

audacity

(./)

(./)

749659

Patches in ticket

Debian Multimedia Maintainers <pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.d.o>

vavoom

(./)

RMed

740989

Needs trivial patch to build with wx3; unpatched package fails to work if rebuilt; several alternatives packaged; removed with maintainer's agreement

Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>

multiget

{X}

RMed

749993

Build fails; inactive upstream; package in poor state; several alternatives packages; removed with maintainer's agreement

LI Daobing <lidaobing>

extrema

{X}

RMed

752947

Not in testing; No upstream release for ~4 years; orphaned; builds with patch for clang FTBFS in 742158 but SEGV during startup; RM filed

Orphaned

graphthing

{X}

RMed

750145

Not in testing; Dead upstream; fails build due to wx API changes; maintainer says to remove; RM filed

Cyril Brulebois <kibi>

gambit

(./)

RMed

749493

Not in testing; orphaned; fails to build, but newer upstream apparently works with 2.9.x; RM filed

orphaned

xaralx

?

RMed

749844

Not in testing; non-free; inactive upstream; maintainer OK with removal

Joachim Breitner <nomeata>

dolphin-emu

(./)

NEW

535073

In NEW queue

Brandon <winterknight@email.com>

pytimechart

?

(./)

759068

wxpython; existing packaged version fails at startup

Python Applications Packaging Team

codeblocks

(./)

(./)

744115

builds with no upstream changes; maintainer says there are runtime issues, which -DNDEBUG seems to fix; upstream trunk wx3 compatible but no sign of a new release despite prodding; co-maintainer suggested removal for jessie

David Paleino <dapal>

gspiceui

(./)

(./)

750743

New 1.1.00 release supports wx3; sponsored upload

Gudjon I. Gudjonsson <gudjon@gudjon.org>