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

[Phil Thompson]

On 10 Feb 2019, at 4:11 pm, Detlev Offenbach <detlev at die-offenbachs.de> wrote:
> 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.

It is certainly inconsistent.

>> 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))?

https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Docs/PyQt5/incompatibilities.html#pyqt-v5-12

Phil