[PyQt] SIP: sipdistutils.py not installed

[Phil Thompson]

On 24 Apr 2019, at 7:14 pm, Zdenko Podobny <zdenop at gmail.com> wrote:

> pip3 install sip -U
> Requirement already up-to-date: sip in c:\program files\python36\lib\site-packages (4.19.8)
> 
> But based on announcement[1] the latest version is SIP v4.19.16.
> 
> Other problem is that when do "import sipdistutils" I got error:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in <module>
> import sipdistutils
> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'sipdistutils'
> 
> But when I look at sip package it is there: sipdistutils.py. I found I am not the only one with this problem[2]. 
> Will this fixed so we can get the latest sip package via pip including sipdistutils?
> 
> [1] https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/news/sip-41916
> [2] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51420803/modulenotfounderror-no-module-named-sipdistutils-while-install-python-poppler

The sip wheel has only ever contained the (now deprecated) "public" sip
module. 

SIP v5.0 is almost finished and will be released soon after the next
PyQt release (whenever that is). The wheel will contain all the
development tools including new support for build systems such as
setuptools. 

Phil
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