[PyQt] ANN: PyQt v5.12.3 Released

[Phil Thompson]

On 26/06/2019 22:19, Barry wrote:
>> On 26 Jun 2019, at 10:09, Phil Thompson <phil at riverbankcomputing.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> PyQt v5.12.3 has been released. This is a minor functional and bug-fix 
>> release.
>> 
>> - Added support for Qt v5.12.4.
>> 
>> - Added support for Python v3.8.
>> 
>> - QCoreApplication (and sub-classes) can be used as a context manager.
>> 
>> - Added the missing WA_ContentsMarginsRespectsSafeArea enum member.
>> 
>> There are no corresponding releases of the other PyQt packages but 
>> their wheel have been update to Qt v5.12.4. To update to the latest 
>> versions use pip's '--force-reinstall' option.
> 
> Why is —force-reinstall need instead of the normal —update?

For wheels that have just had the bundled version of Qt changed the only 
the build tag is changed which (AFAIK) isn't considered when comparing 
version numbers.

Phil