[PyKDE] Mac OS/X State

[Peter Kropf]

Thanks for the info. And while I'm not able to wave any money at you right
now, I am willing to help out with the work that has to be done. Let me
know...

- Peter


-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Thompson [mailto:phil at river-bank.demon.co.uk] 
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 11:27 AM
To: Peter Kropf
Cc: 'PyQT Mailing List (pykde at mats.gmd.de)'
Subject: Re: [PyKDE] Mac OS/X State


Peter Kropf wrote:

> I've looked through the archives and it appears that SIP and PyQT may 
> have been working at one point but that support was removed around 
> May-ish 2002. Since I'm interested in getting one of our PyQT 
> applications working on OS/X, I'd like to find out where things stand. 
> Does anyone have anything working? There's a reference to SIP v4 in 
> the SIP 3.3.1 NEWS file. Is work being done on it? And lastly, if 
> someone were motivated enough, what would they have to do to SIP to 
> allow it to work on OS/X? Any pointers?


It was never working. The problem is that shared libraries and 
dynamically loadable modules/plugins are, strictly speaking, different 
things. However, SIP generated code is used as both a shared library and 
a loadable module - and, incidentally, breaks the Python "rules" for 
modules. So far this hasn't actually been a problem because UNIX and 
Windows can deal with it - OS/X can't.

The plan is that SIP v4 will generate code that is only used as a 
loadable module - which should then work with OS/X. I know what I want 
to do - but as it's more than a simple patch, it's a question of finding 
the time.

I imagine that I'd start work on SIP v4 towards the end of September, 
with initial releases towards the end of October - but very much 
depending on my other commitments at the time. However, as I always say, 
  my priorities can always be changed if people start waving money at me.

Phil