[maemo-developers] Any plan for PyQt and Harmattan (official support)?

[From: Attila Csipa]

On Friday 10 July 2009 09:59:24 Andrea Grandi wrote:
> Everybody knows that we can develop in C++ when using Qt, but even
> Python could be a possibility, due to PyQt bindings.
>
> My question is: wil PyQt be officially supported by Nokia in Harmattan?

Disclaimer: I am not a Nokia or Riverbank employee nor connected to them in 
any way except using some of their products.

A little background: Qt has *official* (=as in done and supported by themselves) 
support only for Java. All other binding are products of other companies 
and/or open source efforts. PyQt is a popular python binding done by Riverbank 
computing (basically Phil Thompson). While I see from the maemo garage page 
that Phil Thompson is there, most commits seem to be done by other people. So, 
the bottom line is that it would be surprising for *Nokia* to offer official 
support (they did not say anything offering it for linux in general, which is 
much less a niche than any Maemo version). The same goes for Riverbank - there 
has been no distribution specific support (apart from the usual linux-max-win 
platforms). Complicating the issue is the license disrepancy (PyQt is still 
not available under the LGPL). Considering the (time) distance to Harmattan, 
for now I'd say the safest bet is to treat PyQt as community support with the 
option of paid support for generic Qt or PyQt issues (in case this is 
important for you because of the development of commercial software). 

If people with more inside knowledge have additional info, feel free to 
correct me.