PyQt6 and SIP v6 Snapshots Available

[Phil Thompson]

On 01/12/2020 12:34, Florian Bruhin wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 11:54:49AM +0000, Phil Thompson wrote:
>> On 01/12/2020 11:38, Phil Thompson wrote:
>> > On 01/12/2020 11:25, Florian Bruhin wrote:
>> > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 05:25:15PM +0000, Phil Thompson wrote:
>> > > > > I got my hands on an older snapshot and also tried the current one with
>> > > > > the Qt version check removed - but whatever I do, I get:
>> > > > >
>> > > > >   sip-build: 'sip-module' must be set
>> > > > >
>> > > > > https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download mentions:
>> > > > > "To build the sip module for PyQt6, run: sip-module --project PyQt6.sip"
>> > > > > but that doesn't actually work.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Assuming that it should actually say "sip-module --project PyQt6-sip
>> > > > > PyQt6.sip", that doesn't show an error, but also doesn't seem to do
>> > > > > anything. I've tried running with --sdist and installing the resulting
>> > > > > sdist, but sip-build still gives me the same error. What am I missing?
>> > > >
>> > > > Are you using the latest SIP v6 and PyQt-builder snapshots?
>> > >
>> > > Sorry for the late answer - I just tried again with:
>> > >
>> > > - PyQt6 6.0.0.dev2011301320
>> > > - PyQt-builder 1.6.0
>> > > - sip 6.0.0.dev2011271026
>> > >
>> > > And I get:
>> > >
>> > >   Generating the QtCore bindings...
>> > >   sip-install:
>> > > .../PyQt6-6.0.0.dev2011301320/sip/QtCore/qnamespace.sip:53: /BaseType/
>> > > is only supported for ABI v13 and later
>> > >
>> > > Any idea what's going wrong there?
>> >
>> > Have you built the sip module according to...
>> >
>> > https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download
>> 
>> Sorry, just realised those instructions are wrong. Now fixed.
>> 
>> To install the PyQt6.sip module...
>> 
>> sip-module --sdist PyQt6.sip
>> pip install PyQt6_sip-13.0.0.tar.gz
> 
> I've done that now and I can successfully "import PyQt6.sip", but I
> still get the above error when running sip-install in the PyQt6 folder.
> 
> Florian

I can't reproduce it using a fresh venv.

Phil