[PyQt] Re: Which Linux distros have PyQt4 preinstalled?

[Mark Summerfield]

On Thu 10-May-07, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Mark Summerfield wrote:
> > I just found out that Kubuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn" includes PyQt4
> > preinstalled (version 4.1).
> >
> > Does anyone know if it is also preinstalled on plain Ubuntu, or on the
> > forthcoming Fedora 7, or indeed on any other Linux distro?
>
> PyQt4 for Fedora is still under package review, so will (likely) miss final
> cut for inclusion for the default install of F7.

That's a shame!

> It *will* become
> available for install sooner or later (before F8, I promise). :)
>
> -- Rex

I sure hope so: my book comes out in November, so I'll list PyQt4 for
Fedora 7 on the assumption that it'll be available by then...

Also, the package names in Fedora 6 are a bit weird.

Most distros use (for PyQt4, plus docs, plus IDLE):

    pyqt4 pyqt4-doc idle

but Fedora has

    PyQt PyQt-examples python-tools

(the first two are PyQt3 of course)

I don't suppose anyone cares about the capitalisation, and I know that
the examples are bundled with the docs so can understand the naming, but
still I think it would be less confusing to rename PyQt4-examples as
PyQt4-docs, and even if you keep the package name python-tools, at
_least_ change the summary and description, e.g.

    Summary: A collection of development tools for Python, including IDLE.

    Description:
    A Python package that includes several development tools used to
    build and work with Python programs, including the IDLE IDE.

It took me a while to find IDLE when I first started using Fedora
because it isn't mentioned!

My 2c :-)

-- 
Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd., www.qtrac.eu