[PyQt] ANN: PyQt v5.12 and SIP v4.19.14 Released

[Detlev Offenbach]

Am Sonntag, 10. Februar 2019, 14:29:24 CET schrieb Phil Thompson:
> PyQt v5.12 (and related packages) and SIP v4.19.14 have been released. These
> add support for Qt v5.12 including the new QtRemoteObjects module.
> 
> The web engine modules have been moved to a separate PyQtWebEngine package.

As PyQtWebEngine is installed into the PyQt5 package, shouldn't it be called 
PyQt5WebEngine? That would avoid naming issues in the future when PyQt6 comes 
alive. Same remark applies to the other seperate PyQt... wheels.

> This is a packaging change and does not affect applications. PyQt5 wheels
> are now half the size they were.
> 
> Overflow checking when converting between Python and C++ integers is now
> enabled by default.

Is there a way to disable it (e.g. sip.setOverflowCheck(False))?

Detlev
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