From 2489d4f5b21a981f096499f35dec3d890aadd42b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vadim Zeitlin Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 12:07:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update announcement and changelog for 3.0.0-RC1. git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@74959 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775 --- docs/changes.txt | 4 +- docs/doxygen/mainpages/manual.h | 2 +- docs/publicity/announce.txt | 68 ++++++++++++--------------------- docs/readme.txt | 4 +- 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt index 1cf26ec6ed..e4f7a195d9 100644 --- a/docs/changes.txt +++ b/docs/changes.txt @@ -560,8 +560,8 @@ Major new features in this release was added. -3.0: (released 2013-09-??) --------------------------- +3.0-RC1: (released 2013-10-07) +------------------------------ All: diff --git a/docs/doxygen/mainpages/manual.h b/docs/doxygen/mainpages/manual.h index 1690b7fdb0..bdb4d8376b 100644 --- a/docs/doxygen/mainpages/manual.h +++ b/docs/doxygen/mainpages/manual.h @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ @author Julian Smart, Robert Roebling, Vadim Zeitlin, Robin Dunn, Stefan Csomor, Francesco Montorsi, Bryan Petty, et al -@date July, 2013 +@date October, 2013 @image html main_wxlogo.png diff --git a/docs/publicity/announce.txt b/docs/publicity/announce.txt index 17e71a111e..15daa8b3dd 100644 --- a/docs/publicity/announce.txt +++ b/docs/publicity/announce.txt @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -July 15, 2013 -- The wxWidgets team is pleased to announce the -latest 2.9.5 release of wxWidgets library. +October 7, 2013 -- The wxWidgets team is pleased to announce the +first release candidate release of wxWidgets 3.0. -wxWidgets 2.9.5 is available at +wxWidgets 3.0-RC1 is available at - https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/2.9.5/ + https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/3.0.0-rc1/ -and soon will also appear at our FTP mirror at +and at our FTP mirror at - ftp://ftp.wxwidgets.org/pub/2.9.5/ + ftp://ftp.wxwidgets.org/pub/3.0.0-rc1/ Please choose the archive format suitable for your platform, i.e. 7z or ZIP for Windows platforms and tar.bz2 for the Unix systems @@ -17,37 +17,26 @@ readme.txt file for installing it. Notice that if you decide to use the Windows installer (.exe file) you still need to build wxWidgets as only sources, not binaries, are installed. -However, for the first time ever, we also experimentally provide the -pre-built versions of wxMSW libraries built with several versions of -Microsoft Visual C++ compiler. You can download them from +We also provide the pre-built versions of wxMSW libraries for the +selected compilers at - https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/2.9.5/binaries/ + https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/3.0.0/binaries/ + +Notice that 3.0-RC1 does NOT include the binaries, they will be only +available for the final 3.0 release. Please see the README file there for the descriptions of the individual files. -This release mostly focuses on bug fixes in preparation for 3.0 -release, in particular there were a lot of improvements in wxOSX/Cocoa -port. Some of other noteworthy changes were: - -- Introduction of short event names (e.g. wxEVT_BUTTON instead of - wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_SELECTED) to make the code using Bind() for - dynamic event handling easier to both write and read. -- Support for hooking any modal dialogs shown by wxWidgets, which is - especially used for non-interactive testing. -- New wxSimplebook class. -- Many enhancements in wxWebView and related classes. -- Addition of special files support to wxFileName under Unix. - - - -The list of of changes since the 2.8 series is much too long to be -listed here but the most important ones are: +This release is a culmination of several years of development since +the last stable 2.8 release. There are too many changes to be listed +here, but the most important ones are: - Completely overhauled Unicode support which is much easier to use. - New Cocoa-based wxOSX port for Mac OS X for both 32 and 64 bits. - New wxGTK3 port, including support for Broadway (HTML5) backend. +- Access to the native web rendering engine with wxWebView. - New property grid and ribbon libraries are now included in wxWidgets. - Better interoperability with standard library classes. - Totally revised and more readable manual. @@ -55,27 +44,20 @@ listed here but the most important ones are: Please see the changes.txt file in the "docs" subdirectory of wxWidgets distribution or also available online at -https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/2.9.5/changes.txt +https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/3.0.0-rc1/changes.txt for more details and please read the "INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES" section in its beginning for a brief description of changes if you are upgrading from wxWidgets 2.8. For more details, please see -http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.5/overview_changes_since28.html +http://docs.wxwidgets.org/3.0.0/overview_changes_since28.html -Note about naming: while 2.9.5 is called a "development" release, -this only means that API is not guaranteed to remain unchanged in -the subsequent 2.9.x releases (although it is very unlikely to change -in incompatible ways at this stage), unlike in the stable 2.8.x branch -where source and binary compatibility is always preserved between the -different micro releases. We believe the current version is stable and -suitable for use in production environment and recommend using it for -any new projects using wxWidgets. +Please test this release candidate version to help us with making the +final 3.0 release as problem-free as possible. We are especially +looking forward to your feedback about the changes in this release +compared to 2.8 version if you're upgrading. Please let us know about +any regressions (http://trac.wxwidgets.org/newticket) so that we could +fix them in the upcoming 3.0. -We are especially looking forward to your feedback about the changes -in this release compared to 2.8 version if you're upgrading. Please -let us know about any regressions (http://trac.wxwidgets.org/newticket) -so that we could fix them in the upcoming 3.0. Thanks in advance! - - Enjoy! + Thanks in advance! Vadim Zeitlin, on behalf of wxWidgets development team. diff --git a/docs/readme.txt b/docs/readme.txt index dc010aca34..60233fa186 100644 --- a/docs/readme.txt +++ b/docs/readme.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - wxWidgets 3.0.0 Release Notes - ============================= + wxWidgets 3.0-RC1 Release Notes + =============================== Welcome to the latest release of wxWidgets, a free cross-platform C++ framework for writing advanced GUI applications using native controls.