wayland support in wheels on Pypi

[Phil Thompson]

On 21/02/2025 10:58, Sergio Callegari wrote:
> On 21/02/2025 11:27, Phil Thompson wrote:
>> Apologies for not being able to reply earlier.
> 
> Actually, it's me to thank you for looking into it and for the extended 
> answer!
> 
>> An updated PyQt5-Qt5 wheel (build number 1) has been uploaded to the 
>> local PyPI server. If it fixes the problem then I'll move it to 
>> pypi.org.
> 
> I'd like to test, can you confirm the the local server is
> "https://riverbankcomputing.com/pypi/simple/"? Do I need `--pre`?
> 
>> Answers to your questions are embedded below.
>> 
>> No. pyqt-bundle is used to embed your copy of Qt in your copy of the 
>> PyQt5 wheels so that the PyQt5-Qt5 wheels on pypi.org are no longer 
>> used.
> 
> Tried using it just before receiving your mail, and realized it was
> not the right tool.
> 
>> The PyQt5-Qt5 wheels are created with pyqt-qt-wheel which is also part 
>> of PyQt-builder but is undocumented.
> 
> In my experiment also found this. Unclear to me how to use: what is
> the PACKAGE to be given on the command line?

'PyQt5' to build PyQt5-Qt5, 'PyQtChart' to build PyQtChart-Qt5 etc.

>>> 3) Alternatively, can I use the pyqt-bundle cli tool to build my own
>>> pyqt5-qt5 wheel based on my system's qt5 that includes the wayland
>>> plugin and use that to satisfy the dependencies of other packages?
>> 
>> Yes. You'd have to take steps to ensure your version was used in 
>> preference to the pypi.org version.
> 
> With pyqt-qt-wheel, right? How is the preference expressed? Now, there
> will probably be no need for it, given your new wheel, but it is
> always good to learn...

Give appropriate --index-url options to pip. Or install a local copy of 
the wheel before installing PyQt5 from pypi.org.

Phil