[Eric] ANN: automated daily snapshot builds for PyQt and friend on openSUSE build service

[Detlev Offenbach]

On Donnerstag, 14. Oktober 2010, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:
> [Sorry for cross posting]
> 
> Hi PyQtnistas,
> 
> I proudly announce the availability of automated builds of the most
> current PyQt and related packages including snapshots on openSUSEs
> build service for openSUSE 11.1, 11.2 and 11.3, here:
> 
> https://build.opensuse.org/project/monitor?project=home%3Afrispete%3APyQt
> https://build.opensuse.org/project/monitor?project=home%3Afrispete%3APyQt-n
> ext
> 
> New sip4, PyQt3 and PyQt4 snapshots and release get build against a
> range of gcc and Qt versions automatically, e.g. without human
> intervention (if all goes well, famous last words..). dip and
> PyQtMobility will probably follow soon.
> 
> If you add both
> 
> 	home:frispete:PyQt
> 	home:frispete:PyQt-next
> 
> to your list of repos, than you get the current snapshot builds of
> qscintilla, sip4, PyQt3 and PyQt4, with dependent packages, like
> PyQwt5, PyKDE3 and PyKDE4. Omitting or deactivating the latter, you can
> switch back to the current released versions with:
> 
> 	zypper dup -r home_frispete_PyQt
> 
> BTW, home:frispete:PyQt contains the builds of the current versions of a
> lot of our favorite stuff: e.g. eric4, PyQwt5. eric is lacking the
> newest release, but I didn't manage to automate the sourceforge
> download process, yet.

Why don't you get the software via the eric repositories? See the eric web 
page for details.

Do you provide packages to be used with Python3 as well?

> 
> How to choose your target?
> 
> Depending on which other repos you're using, choose your target
> accordingly, e.g. if you have the KDE:Distro:Stable (KDE 4.4) repo
> included, use KDE_Distro_Stable_openSUSE_11.x,
> KDE_Distro_Factory_openSUSE_11.x for KDE:Distro:Factory (KDE 4.5), or
> none of them, then use plain openSUSE_11.x. Note, that you implicitely
> choose your systems Qt4 version with this decision. I hope, this
> fullfills the most common needs.
> 
> PyKDE4 is only provided for KDE_Distro_Stable_x ATM, since I didn't got
> around splitting this package into a 4.4 and 4.5 version.
> 
> All in all, these repos provide the the cheapest way of keeping current
> with the PyQt project, that I know of.
> 
> Comments welcome.
> 
> Enjoy,
> Pete
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