Re: 2.5.5 release soon

On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 02:53:57PM -0700, Robin Dunn wrote:
> >I've said it before, I'll say it again... with the exception of few  
> >preview releases *ALL* wxpython releases from the 2.5 branch proved 
> >just  as stable as 2.4.2.4 yet many people still remain with 2.4.2.4 
> >because  that is "the latest stable release".
> 
> Yep.

Part of this is a distribution issue.  It may seem initially paradoxical
to realise that wxPython at any given moment is generally more stable
than the library it is 'built on', but anecdotally it seems to often
be the case.

That makes things hard, because pressure comes from the Python community
to release the underlying lib before _it_ is ready.

wx2.5 is certainly not a stable library, however 'bug free' wxPython may
be.  You seem to be confusing these two things.  All wxPython releases
are **by definition** 'stable' -- ie. we don't change them any more.

Hopefully the C++ library team will move into the mode of testing and
careful changes that have been employed here for the last several months
once it is declared 'stable' too.  At least the last minute API changes
should slow a little I hope, and the chances of a tagged release actually
building will increase...

  Ron