Re: wxPerl revival
[email protected] (Jim Clark via wxperl-users) Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:20:54 -0700
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--Apple-Mail=_95DDF5A4-2062-4CB9-82AF-B32217DC37CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I have a major application built on this, and we also have made some = attempts at getting it compiled on RedHat 8/9 and Perl 5.38. No luck so = far. My department might consider taking on some contract effort to make = this happen, as the alternative is choosing another language and UI = Framework and transcoding 70k lines of Perl. So, yes=E2=80=A6 a big vote yes for a revival here. --------------------------------- Jim Clark Senior Software Engineer,=20 EES Development Team Apple, Inc =EF=A3=BF 408-781-1425 (cell) ** Converting pizza into code for over 25 years ** > On Sep 20, 2024, at 9:09=E2=80=AFAM, Johan Vromans = <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > For several years now, development and support of wxPerl, the = interface > library between Perl and wxWidgets, has stalled. The latest release = was > based on Perl 5.16 and wxWidgets 2.9. >=20 > Meanwhile some active users have made attempts to port wxPerl to newer > versions of Perl and wxWidgets, with varying results. Microsoft = Windows and > Apple macOS provide additional challenges. >=20 > I would like to investigate if there are wxPerl users interested in a > revival. >=20 > If you are using wxPerl and want to keep using it with a recent = version of > Perl and wxWidgets, please let it hear! >=20 > -- Johan --Apple-Mail=_95DDF5A4-2062-4CB9-82AF-B32217DC37CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">I have a major = application built on this, and we also have made some attempts at = getting it compiled on RedHat 8/9 and Perl 5.38. No luck so far. My = department might consider taking on some contract effort to make this = happen, as the alternative is choosing another language and UI Framework = and transcoding 70k lines of Perl.<div><br></div><div>So, yes=E2=80=A6 a = big vote yes for a revival here.<br = id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div> <meta charset=3D"UTF-8"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: = after-white-space;"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div = dir=3D"auto" style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = line-break: after-white-space;"><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: = 0px;">---------------------------------<br>Jim Clark<br>Senior Software = Engineer, </div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">EES Development = Team<br>Apple, Inc =EF=A3=BF</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">408-781-1425 = (cell)<br><br>** Converting pizza into code for over 25 years = **</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Sep 20, 2024, at 9:09=E2=80=AFA= M, Johan Vromans <[email protected]> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>For several years now, = development and support of wxPerl, the interface<br>library between Perl = and wxWidgets, has stalled. The latest release was<br>based on Perl 5.16 = and wxWidgets 2.9.<br><br>Meanwhile some active users have made attempts = to port wxPerl to newer<br>versions of Perl and wxWidgets, with varying = results. Microsoft Windows and<br>Apple macOS provide additional = challenges.<br><br>I would like to investigate if there are wxPerl users = interested in a<br>revival.<br><br>If you are using wxPerl and want to = keep using it with a recent version of<br>Perl and wxWidgets, please let = it hear!<br><br>-- = Johan<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_95DDF5A4-2062-4CB9-82AF-B32217DC37CA--