Updates for 3.1.0 release
Update dates, changes descriptions and release preparation instructions.
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Vadim Zeitlin
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November 11, 2013 -- The wxWidgets team is pleased to announce a
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major new release of our open source framework for the development
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of native cross-platform applications in C++.
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February 29, 2016 -- The wxWidgets team is pleased to announce a new
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release of our open source framework for the development of native
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cross-platform applications in C++.
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wxWidgets 3.0.0 is the first release in the new major stable 3.0
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branch and is available at
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wxWidgets 3.1.0 is the first release in the new development 3.1.0
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branch and is now available at
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https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/3.0.0/
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https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.1.0
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and at our FTP mirror at
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Compared to the stable 3.0.x series, this version brings many
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improvements and even more bug fixes, please see the change log
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ftp://ftp.wxwidgets.org/pub/3.0.0/
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/v3.0.2/docs/changes.txt
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Please choose the archive format suitable for your platform, i.e. 7z
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or ZIP for Windows platforms and tar.bz2 for the Unix systems
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including OS X (all archives contain sources for all wxWidgets ports
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but they use different line endings) and follow the instructions in
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readme.txt file for installing it. Notice that if you decide to use
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the Windows installer (.exe file) you still need to build wxWidgets
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as only sources, not binaries, are installed.
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for the incomplete list of the most important ones. Here is the
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maximally condensed summary:
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We also provide the pre-built versions of wxMSW libraries for the
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selected compilers at
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https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/3.0.0/binaries/
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Please see the README file there for the descriptions of the
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individual files.
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- New classes: wxActivityIndicator, wxAddRemoveCtrl,
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wxAppProgressIndicator, wxNativeWindow, wxPowerResourceBlocker.
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- And methods: wxDateTime::GetWeekBasedYear(), wxListBox::GetTopItem(),
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wxProcess::Activate(), wxTextEntry::ForceUpper(), several ones in
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wxRendererNative, wxStandardPaths::GetUserDir(), wxUIActionSimulator
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::Select() and many others. Also new wxEVT_MAGNIFY event.
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- Significant improvements to: wxBusyInfo, wxNotificationMessage.
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- All around better support for high DPI monitors.
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- Much newer versions of bundled 3rd party libraries (notably libpng)
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and support for GStreamer 1.0 under Unix.
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- Revamped OpenGL support better suited to modern OpenGL (3.2+).
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- Further C++11 support improvements.
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- Support for latest compilers: MSVS 2015, g++ 5.3, clang 3.8.
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- A lot of bug fixes in wxGTK3 and wxOSX/Cocoa ports.
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- New experimental wxQt port.
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This release is a culmination of several years of development since
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the last stable 2.8 release. There are too many changes to be listed
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here, but the most important ones are:
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- Completely overhauled Unicode support which is much easier to use.
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- New Cocoa-based wxOSX port for Mac OS X for both 32 and 64 bits.
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- New wxGTK3 port, including support for Broadway (HTML5) backend.
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- Access to the native web rendering engine with wxWebView.
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- New property grid and ribbon libraries are now included in wxWidgets.
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- Better interoperability with standard library classes.
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- Totally revised and more readable manual.
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- Improved debugging support.
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Please see the changes.txt file in the "docs" subdirectory of
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wxWidgets distribution or also available online at
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/3.0.0/changes.txt
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for more details and please read the "INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES" section
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in its beginning for a brief description of changes if you are
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upgrading from wxWidgets 2.8. For more details, please see
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http://docs.wxwidgets.org/3.0.0/overview_changes_since28.html
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We recommend that you use wxWidgets 3.0 for any new programs and
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also update any existing code using the older versions to the new
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one (which should be easier than the jump in the version number
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indicates) as all the future development will only happen in 3.x
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series.
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This release is a "development" one as it makes (very few)
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incompatible API changes compared to 3.0 and does not guarantee the
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ABI stability, unlike the 3.0.x series. It is not inherently more
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buggy or less stable than the "stable" releases and you're encouraged
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to use it. If you're already using 3.0, upgrading shouldn't require
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any special effort, so please try it out.
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We hope that you will enjoy using the new release!
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