[PyKDE] ANN: PyQt v3.9, SIP v3.9, SIP v4.0rc1 Released

[Jim Bublitz]

On Sunday December 7 2003 21:38, Gordon Tyler wrote:
> Jim Bublitz wrote:
> > I haven't really looked at sip/PyQt 3.9 yet, but I expect
> > PyKDE as currently configured will have difficulty building
> > with them only because of build system changes.

> > I'll be releasing a PyKDE 3.8.1 as soon as I can finsih it
> > and probably a PyKDE 3.9 followed by 4.0. The latter two
> > probably won't be released until January.

> Jim, is PyKDE 3.8 supposed to work with sip/PyQt 4.0? 

No - Phil has made significant sip syntax changes in 4.0 
(particularly with respect to %MemberCode), and also made 
changes to the build system and file hierarchy (sip files not 
all in a single directory any longer, for example). As 
mentioned, I haven't looked at 3.9 yet, but I expect that at 
least some build changes there will make PyKDE 3.8 incompatible.

> If not, when do you expect to release a version which does?

Hard to say. Typically, PyKDE forces some additional 
modifications or bug fixes to sip - KDE uses "more" of C++ than 
Qt does and Phil has no way of testing some of that until I 
start PyKDE, just like I have no way of predicting where the 
glitches might be.  Sometimes I can do simple workarounds or 
just disable a method or two, sometimes not.

In addition to that, I have to modify a lot of code for the new 
sip syntax, modify the build system, and probably pick up KDE 
3.2 as well.

Lastly, my eyesight is reaching the point where it looks like I'm 
viewing the screen through a wet T-shirt. While some things look 
better that way, code isn't one of them. That both slows me down 
and makes it a real pain to do anything. I'm hoping to get that 
fixed soon, but I expect getting it fixed will mean a week or so 
"offline". 

Optimistically, I should be caught up sometime in January; 
hopefully it won't be much later than that.

Jim