PyQt in experimental

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Lavene · #1 Post by **Lavene** » 2007-03-07 12:07

Anyone using PyQt4 from experimental? I need version 4.1 but I'm hesitant to install it...

Rats!! For the first time the loooong freeze in Etch really irritates me...

Tina

thamarok · #2 Post by **thamarok** » 2007-03-07 14:11

Don't worry, because Thamarok is back in the game

Now I installed PyQT4 from Experimental..

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Cutie:~# apt-get -t experimental install python-qt4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  python-elementtree python-sip4
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  python-elementtree python-qt4 python-sip4
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 120 not upgraded.
Need to get 1924kB of archives.
After unpacking 8769kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main python-elementtree 1.2.6-10 [30.0kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org experimental/main python-sip4 4.5.2-1 [84.3kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org experimental/main python-qt4 4.1.1-1 [1809kB]
Fetched 1924kB in 57s (33.4kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package python-elementtree.
(Reading database ... 166581 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking python-elementtree (from .../python-elementtree_1.2.6-10_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package python-sip4.
Unpacking python-sip4 (from .../python-sip4_4.5.2-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package python-qt4.
Unpacking python-qt4 (from .../python-qt4_4.1.1-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up python-elementtree (1.2.6-10) ...

Setting up python-sip4 (4.5.2-1) ...

Setting up python-qt4 (4.1.1-1) ...

I am going to test it with some example sources and post the results here..

thamarok · #3 Post by **thamarok** » 2007-03-07 14:35

No problems so far.. I tried to create simple and complex GUIs and everything worked wonderfully with PyQT4.. My advice is to try it out, because incase it wouldn't work, you can downgrade it easily as it doesn't depend heavily on something..

Lavene · #4 Post by **Lavene** » 2007-03-07 14:58

Great, thanks

I'll give it a go and we'll see.

But it is a real problem. According to bug #397551 Etch will be released with v4.0.1 so if you write an application using the new features in 4.1 (setOpenExternalLinks in my case) it will not run on Debian Stable systems. And v4.1 was released on 4 November 2006... that makes 4.0, which is a programming tool, pretty much obsolete IMHO.

Tina

thamarok · #5 Post by **thamarok** » 2007-03-07 18:13

I usually don't say this, but Etch is going to be like Edgy; a fiasko

Lavene · #6 Post by **Lavene** » 2007-03-07 19:01

thamarok wrote:I usually don't say this, but Etch is going to be like Edgy; a fiasko

Naw... I don't think so. It will be business as usual, just like when Sarge went stable. The servers (of which there are *a lot*) will be upgraded to Etc while the average desktop user will stick with testing and hoping that things will be better when Lenny goes stable... which is unlikely... and the cycle will repeat it self.

Tina

thamarok · #7 Post by **thamarok** » 2007-03-07 19:20

Just jump in the same wagon as I, Sid/Experimental

Wow.. it's not even a week since I started to usee Linux again and I am already hunting bugs in development branches

Lavene · #8 Post by **Lavene** » 2007-03-08 09:07

thamarok wrote:No problems so far.. I tried to create simple and complex GUIs and everything worked wonderfully with PyQT4.. My advice is to try it out, because incase it wouldn't work, you can downgrade it easily as it doesn't depend heavily on something..

Seem to work OK so far