[PyKDE] PyQt v4 Roadmap

[Phil Thompson]

On Thursday 17 February 2005 11:45 pm, Gerard Vermeulen wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:59:53 -0000 (GMT)
> "Phil Thompson" <phil at riverbankcomputing.co.uk> wrote:
>
> [ .. ]
>
> > >> A self-installing
> > >> binary package, with the Qt libraries statically linked
> > >
> > > Is there a reason for being statically linked? Thats a complication for
> > > third
> > > party python modules that use the C++ Qt API, and want to play nicely
> > > with PyQt
> >
> > The binary package is for the GPL version only - just to make it as easy
> > as possible for people new to Python and/or PyQt to get started. If
> > people need more flexibility, then they can always re-build themselves
> > from source.
>
> Does it mean you are going to provide a package where libQtCore is
> statically linked against each of the (PyQt4.)QtCore, QtGui, QtNetWork,
> QtOpenGL, QtSql, and QtXml modules?

Whatever it takes - but this is all hand waving at the moment.

> Will the Qt-designer be included?

That would make sense.

> Wouldn't it be better to base the Windows version on a separate Windows
> package for Qt?

I want to keep it as simple as possible (for me) - I don't intend answering 
dozens of emails from Windows users who have picked up a copy from a 
magazine's cover CD.

> It would be great if the Trolls release Qt4 installers for 
> Windows.

Agreed.

Phil