KDE 4 (was: [PyKDE] PyQt 4 on openSUSE)

[Simon Edwards]

On Wednesday 13 September 2006 14:28, Phil Thompson wrote:
> > On Tuesday 12 September 2006 13:02, Phil Thompson wrote:
> >
> >> One thing you need to check is that you can install kdebindings3 (ie.
> >> PyQt3 using SIP3) and kdebindings4 (ie. PyQt4 using SIP4) in the same
> >> Python installation. I assume this is a requirement - so that people can
> >> continue to use PyKDE3 applications not yet ported to PyKDE4 while
> >> running
> >> KDE4 as their desktop. This is not something I test - SIP3 has been
> >> unsupported for a long time.
> >
> > I just installed PyQt4 (really nice, by the way), and I expect I'll
> > install
> > modules in the same way - under site-packages/PyKDE4.
> 
> Is that with PyKDE3 built on SIP3 or SIP4? The potential problem is having
> SIP3 and SIP4 installed at the same time for the same Python installation.

Is it possible to install and use sip3 and sip4, plus two PyQts for sip3 and 
sip4 into the *same* Python version? If that were possible then maybe it 
would offer a lot more flexibility for mixing different sip versions. A 
developer (PyFoo again) that also used sip for wrapping some C++ could then 
indicate in their Python code which version of sip and co to use:

    import sip4
    import qt import *   # This import would have to import the
                         # version PyQt that is built with sip4.
    import foobarwidget  # A custom C++ widget which is also
                         # compiled with sip4.
    # etc

Then it would be possible to also install a version PyQt built on sip5 into 
the same version of Python.

cheers,

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