[PyQt] PyQt4 or PyQt5 on PyPI?

[Phil Thompson]

On 6 Apr 2016, at 5:07 am, Jesse Bloom <jbloom at fredhutch.org> wrote:
> 
> Are there any plans to put PyQt4 or PyQt4 on PyPI so that they can be installed using pip like a normal Python package? It is hard to use this package in normal Python installation processes due to the fact that it is not on PyPI.
> 
> The only information I could find about this is the following on StackOverflow:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4628519/is-it-possible-to-require-pyqt-from-setuptools-setup-py

I plan to create wheels for Python v3.5 for Windows (32 and 64 bit), OS X (64 bit) and Linux (64 bit) that will include PyQt v5.6 and Qt v5.6. These are being tested at the moment.

Equivalent commercial wheels will be available later on.

I have no plans to change how PyQt4 is packaged and distributed.

There will be traditional Windows installers for PyQt v5.6 but these will be the last ones. For PyQt v5.7 wheels will be the only distribution format.

Phil