PySide > PyQt

[Carl Banks]

On Oct 20, 6:45 pm, rm <rmcorresp... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 20, 6:14 pm, Robert Kern <robert.k... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 2009-10-20 16:48 PM, rm wrote:
>
> > > Have you guys heard about PySide:
>
> > >http://www.pyside.org/
>
> > > It is basically the same as PyQt (Qt bindings for Python), but
> > > licensed with the LGPL instead of GPL.  The FAQ explains a bit more
> > > history.  Looks like the end for PyQt if you ask me.
>
> > Welcome to two months ago. :-)
>
> > PySide still needs a fair chunk of work to go before it could really be claimed
> > that it is a wholesale replacement for PyQt, but it looks like it will be a
> > compelling alternative.
>
> I did a search for PySide here and only saw the announcement.  I was
> surprised that no discussion ensued, did I miss it.  So, I assumed
> that not a lot of people knew about it and wanted to help spread the
> word and hear some opinions.  But, what you say is probably right on
> the mark.  Thanks.

One thing PySide has going against it is the shared library binaries
are a lot larger than PyQT4's, because of its use of boost::python.
Not a good thing for something that exists so that it can be put on a
mobile device.

Still, I see PySide being the eventual end of my GUI toolkit journeys.


Carl Banks