Request: merge master with wx3 branch more often

[poettler-ric]

Problem

Currently I am running Fedora 21 (wich will/might hit it's end-of-life in November 2015). The only thing blocking me from upgrading my system is pyfa since Fedora 22+ only ships with wxPython 3.

Tried solutions

First I tried to use the vanilla wx3 branch but it seems to be based on an older version of pyfa.

Then I tried to merge master into wx3. After one hour of trying and not knowing what I was doing (since I got no idea why each file was changed in the respective branch) I gave up.

I am also not sure whether the wx3 branch only contains ui changes concerning wxPython 3 since there is a setup.py file in that branch which is usually used to install the program.

Request

It would be great if once a release is tagged the tag is merged into branch wx3.
I know I am asking since it is a lot of work but it might enable more people using Linux to test the code and maybe help to determine the cause of some problems.

[blitzmann]

1. You could always compile and run wxPython 2.8 on the new Fedora system (but no, this isn't optimal)

2. setup.py is Kadesh's thing. He was attempting a new way to build packages. It should not be considered stable or useable

3. All said and done, I agree that the wx3 branch should be updated more often. This is simply a matter of us remembering to do it, which I cannot promise. But I will try to at least merge releases with wx3 from now on.

I've merged v1.13.2 to wx3. The wx3 branch for Linux is currently in a pretty good shape - the only known issue is preferences (#308). Once we get this fixed, we can most likely merge wx into master. There's a few other problems on OS X that will keep it using the 2.8 for now, this is the hardest platform to test on for us as I'm the only one that has access to OS X, and that's on a slow VM. So if you have OS X and want to help out, that would be great =D

https://github.com/DarkFenX/Pyfa/labels/wx3

[nizmogtr]

I have an os x 10.10 machine and am willing to help out. I have the current wx3 build working right now. What do you need me to do to help out?

[blitzmann]

The OS X-specific issues are #305 and #306

[poettler-ric]

Thanks for the merge. Currently I am pretty busy but today I've set up one of my machines to F22 for easier testing. Once I have packaged it up I will try to investigate this preferences thing.