We weren't worried about wxPython 2.7 introducing properties, because we knew it would be a while until wxPython 2.8 (the stable release that would go in all the distributions and application developers would use) came into the wild. However, the good folks over at wxWidgets have decided to turbo charge the effort to get wx2.8 out the door so it can be included in the next release of Apple's OS X. The upshot: wxWidgets 2.7 only just appeared on the scene, yet 2.8 is just around the corner, and current Dabo does not work with it, because of the way property definitions work in Python mix-in classes. Basically, some of wxPython's properties are trumping Dabo's, even though Dabo should be the subclass and thus trump everything.

No worries, though. We know how to proceed, but have decided to wait until after the first release of Dabo-0.7. Once we have the fix in 0.8, we'll backport it to the Dabo-0.7 stable version. So, just be patient for now and keep using wxPython 2.6.x with Dabo.

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