[PyQt] BUG: sip instance attribute error: Re: [eric4] python qscintilla traceback with current snapshot also

[Hans-Peter Jansen]

On Tuesday 08 February 2011, 01:17:25 Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:
> Dear Phil,
>
> On Monday 07 February 2011, 23:40:41 Phil Thompson wrote:
> >
> > I've now got to the bottom of this. It's a Python bug (#4230) which
> > incorrectly handles __getattr__ when it is a descriptor.
>
> Glad, that you found it - and beg my pardon for this unpleasure
                                                       unpleasant
> experience due to other peoples bugs and silly users using outphased
> distributions... Ohh, well.
>
> > It was fixed in Python v2.5.3 and v2.6.1
>
> For those, that also suffer from this, here's the pointer to both
> fixes:
>
> 2.5:
> http://svn.python.org/view?view=rev&revision=67251
>
> 2.6:
> http://svn.python.org/view?view=rev&revision=67247
>
> For users, still using openSUSE 11.1 out there, I've prepared fixed
> python 2.6.0 packages here:
>
> https://build.opensuse.org/project/monitor?package=&project=home%3Afr
>ispete%3Apython
>
> Hopefully, they're available today morning (CET) here:
>
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/frispete:/python/open
>SUSE_11.1/

For the history, applying the referenced patches to Python 2.6.0 fixed 
this issue. 

Pete