[IPython-dev] [Enthought-Dev] PySide to replace PyQt?

[Darren Dale]

Hi David,

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 7:11 PM, David Warde-Farley<dwf at cs.toronto.edu> wrote:
> This was heavily discussed at the conference last week.
>
> It seems as though Phil Thompson might have painted himself into a
> corner.

I don't know. Who could have anticipated the sale of Qt and subsequent
license change by Nokia?

> At any rate, I for one welcome our new Finnish overlords.

I'll reserve judgment until they can build and distribute a stable
product across platforms.

Darren


> On 25-Aug-09, at 11:31 PM, Glenn Tarbox, PhD wrote:
>
>> Sooner or later, something was gonna need to happen WRT Riverbank
>> and the
>> PyQt licensing.  I had hoped that an entirely new project wasn't
>> going to be
>> necessary.... but apparently it is.
>>
>> PySide Released to the Wild:
>> http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/2009/08/25/pyside-released-to-the-
>> wild/
>>
>>> From the PySide FAQ
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> What about PyQt?
>>
>> Nokia’s initial research into Python bindings for Qt involved
>> speaking with
>> Riverbank Computing, the makers of PyQt. We had several discussions
>> with
>> them to see if it was possible to use PyQt to achieve our goals.
>> Unfortunately, a common agreement could not be found , so in the end
>> we
>> decided to proceed with PySide.
>>
>> We will however maintain API compatibility with PyQt (you can use
>> the same
>> method names but can’t inter-operate with PyQt), at least for the
>> initial
>> release. To import PySide you have to use “import PySide” instead
>> of “import
>> PyQt4″.
>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>
>> I didn't know where to post this.  PySide needs to mature a bit
>> (support
>> more than Linux for example) but both Matplotlib and Enthought are
>> affected.  PyQt will likely need to be replaced in both packages
>> once PySide
>> becomes more mature as the licensing of PyQt is problematic now that
>> Qt is
>> LGPL.  Its also likely that with Nokia's backing, the PySide API will
>> eventually dominate.
>>
>> Hopefully, the above statement regarding the similarity of the API
>> will make
>> moving over easy.  Personally I'd like to see a focus on Qt vs Wx by
>> Enthought as I believe it to be much more powerful... but thats my
>> personal
>> opinion and what I use.
>>
>> As a side note, I've successfully nailed my C++ Qt code to IPython
>> using a
>> Cython shim.  The PyQt event loop is available and all seems to work
>> great.
>>
>> -glenn
>>
>> --
>> Glenn H. Tarbox, PhD ||  206-274-6919
>> http://www.tarbox.org
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