Scott Talbert pointed out a simpler replacement for wx.PySimpleApp() is
just wx.App(False) - I've attached an updated patch using this instead.
Cheers,
Olly
diff -Nru dballe-5.18/debian/changelog dballe-5.18/debian/changelog
--- dballe-5.18/debian/changelog 2012-05-16 15:47:29.000000000 -0300
+++ dballe-5.18/debian/changelog 2014-09-12 23:24:04.000000000 -0300
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+dballe (5.18-1.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * Update for wxPython 3.0 (Closes: #759043):
+ - New patch: wxpython3.0.patch
+
+ -- Olly Betts <o...@survex.com> Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:24:01 +0000
+
dballe (5.18-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream release
diff -Nru dballe-5.18/debian/control dballe-5.18/debian/control
--- dballe-5.18/debian/control 2012-05-16 15:47:20.000000000 -0300
+++ dballe-5.18/debian/control 2014-09-04 20:48:51.000000000 -0300
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
Package: provami
Section: misc
Architecture: all
-Depends: python-dballe, python-wxgtk2.8, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}
+Depends: python-dballe, python-wxgtk3.0, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}
Suggests: python-rpy2
XB-Python-Version: ${python:Versions}
Provides: ${python:Provides}
diff -Nru dballe-5.18/debian/patches/series dballe-5.18/debian/patches/series
--- dballe-5.18/debian/patches/series 1969-12-31 21:00:00.000000000 -0300
+++ dballe-5.18/debian/patches/series 2014-09-04 20:49:09.000000000 -0300
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+wxpython3.0.patch
diff -Nru dballe-5.18/debian/patches/wxpython3.0.patch dballe-5.18/debian/patches/wxpython3.0.patch
--- dballe-5.18/debian/patches/wxpython3.0.patch 1969-12-31 21:00:00.000000000 -0300
+++ dballe-5.18/debian/patches/wxpython3.0.patch 2014-09-12 23:23:47.000000000 -0300
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+Description: Update for wxWidgets 3.0
+Author: Olly Betts <o...@survex.com>
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/759043
+Forwarded: no
+Last-Update: 2014-09-12
+
+Index: dballe-5.18/provami/provami/Navigator.py
+===================================================================
+--- dballe-5.18.orig/provami/provami/Navigator.py
++++ dballe-5.18/provami/provami/Navigator.py
+@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class Navigator(wx.Frame, ProgressListen
+ elif event.GetId() == Navigator.ACTION_EXPORT:
+ # dlg = wx.FileDialog(
+ # self, message="Save file as...", defaultDir=os.getcwd(),
+-# defaultFile="", style=wx.SAVE
++# defaultFile="", style=wx.FD_SAVE
+ # )
+ wildcards="According to file extension|*|BUFR optimal template (*.bufr)|*.bufr|BUFR generic template (*.bufr)|*.bufr|CREX (*.crex)|*.crex|Comma Separated Values (*.csv)|*.csv"
+ if Model.HAS_RPY:
+@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ class Navigator(wx.Frame, ProgressListen
+
+ dlg = wx.FileDialog(
+ self, message="Save file as...", defaultDir=os.getcwd(),
+- #defaultFile="", wildcard="According to file extension|*|BUFR optimal template (*.bufr)|*.bufr|BUFR generic template (*.bufr)|*.bufr|CREX (*.crex)|*.crex|Comma Separated Values (*.csv)|*.csv|GNU R data file (*.Rdata)|*.Rdata|Pickled volNd Python objects (*.volnd)|*.volnd", style=wx.SAVE
+- defaultFile="", wildcard=wildcards, style=wx.SAVE
++ #defaultFile="", wildcard="According to file extension|*|BUFR optimal template (*.bufr)|*.bufr|BUFR generic template (*.bufr)|*.bufr|CREX (*.crex)|*.crex|Comma Separated Values (*.csv)|*.csv|GNU R data file (*.Rdata)|*.Rdata|Pickled volNd Python objects (*.volnd)|*.volnd", style=wx.FD_SAVE
++ defaultFile="", wildcard=wildcards, style=wx.FD_SAVE
+ )
+
+ # Show the dialog and retrieve the user response. If it is the OK response,
+Index: dballe-5.18/provami/provami.py
+===================================================================
+--- dballe-5.18.orig/provami/provami.py
++++ dballe-5.18/provami/provami.py
+@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
+ from provami.ProvamiArtProvider import ProvamiArtProvider
+ from provami.Navigator import Navigator
+
+- app = wx.PySimpleApp()
++ app = wx.App(False)
+ db = dballe.DB()
+ if dballe.DB.is_url(opts.dsn):
+ db.connect_from_url(opts.dsn)
