[PyKDE] Re: I Wish To Register A Complain

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Thursday 09 May 2002 18:24, Jim Bublitz wrote:
> On 09-May-02 Phil Thompson <phil at river-bank.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > So, why don't users want to test pre-releases and release
> > candidates?
> >
> > I'd like some feedback on this problem - what would motivate you
> > as a user to test a beta version with your application?
>
> Perhaps one reason holding people back is that they may have
> applications in development or in use that are PyQt based and
> they're reluctant to swap a stable version with a (possibly)
> unstable version. It isn't simple to have two versions of sip/PyQt
> running simultaneously on a system, but it's very easy to switch
> between versions (especially if you *don't* do a 'make clean' after
> installing so no recompile is necessary). Do the Makefiles support
> an easy uninstall of the current version (without requiring a later
> recompile)? If not, could you either modify the Makefiles or provide
> a simple Python script to do that? Reinstall is just a simple 'make
> install'. That would allow people to switch easily between stable
> older versions and pre- or rc versions.

I am keeping two versions at the moment: in /usr the version SuSE packages,
and in /usr/local the latest version I managed to compile. Works perfectly,
as long as I remember to use the right python.

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