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

[David Warde-Farley]

This was heavily discussed at the conference last week.

It seems as though Phil Thompson might have painted himself into a  
corner.  At any rate, I for one welcome our new Finnish overlords.

David

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
>
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