[maemo-developers] PySide: Python for Qt version 1.0.0 beta3 "salmiak" packages available for Nokia N900

[From: Bruno Araujo]

[cross posting to pymaemo-developers and maemo-developers list]

The PySide team is happy to announce the availability of N900 packages
for the third beta release of PySide: Python for Qt. PySide provides a
complete set of LGPL-licensed Qt bindings for Python, including full QML
and QtMobility support. Any software written for N900 using PySide will
work as-is on the upcoming Harmattan and MeeGo platforms.

The binary packages for PySide 1.0.0~beta3 are already available in the
maemo.org extras-devel repository. To use them, install the
python-pyside metapackage which depends on every individual module
package. Respectively, PySide Mobility may be installed using the
python-qtmobility metapackage.

The source code packages can be acquired by referring to our download
wiki page [1] or by pulling the relevant tagged versions from our git
repositories [2].

Major changes since 1.0.0~beta2
===============================

This is a bugfix release. Since beta2, a total of 35 bugs have been
fixed. See the list of fixed bugs at the end of this message.

Path towards 1.0 release
========================

There are still some outstanding bugs in our Bugzilla [3]. To have these
fixed, we plan to do at least one beta or release candidate release
before 1.0. The next release will happen in two weeks.

About PySide
============

PySide is the Nokia-sponsored Python Qt bindings project, providing
access to not only the complete Qt 4.7 framework but also Qt Mobility,
as well as to generator tools for rapidly generating bindings for any
Qt-based libraries.

The PySide project is developed in the open, with all facilities you'd
expect from any modern OSS project such as all code in a git repository
[2], an open Bugzilla [5] for reporting bugs, and an open design process
[4]. We welcome any contribution without requring a transfer of copyright.

List of bugs fixed
==================

379	QGLWidget.bindTexture is missing
404	Tests fail both in pyside-qt.46+0.4.0 and pyside-qt.46+0.4.1
460	pyside-uic can't deal with QWizard
473	pyside tools lack manpages
474	Enums in non-generated namespaces aren't generated either.
481	mimeData() missing from QListWidget, QTreeWidget, QTableWidget
493	__eq__ and friends not implemented for QKeyEvent == QKeySequence
495	Broken rich compare operators if they use an object-type as parameter
502	Delegate generated editor widget is killed on C++ before its time
503	There's no bindings for QSslCertificate
506	Segmentation fault
514	Static method QByteArray.fromRawData is missing from QtCore
515	Global qAddPostRoutine function missing on QtCore
544	QtCore.QRect missing binding for method getCoords
546	Python crash on exit
547	QTreeWidget segmentation fault
549	[patch] QGraphicsWidget::getContentsMargins() and
QGraphicsWidget::getWindowFrameMargins() not available
554	Inner classes don't work and give us a segfault
557	Segmentation fault in QDeclarativeComponent.loadUrl()
558	print attribute of a QWebFrame cannot be accessed normally (syntax
error)
561	pyside-uic generates invalid code when tab name is not translatable
563	Unhandled signal emitting with invalid signature (which leads to
application crash)
567	Compilation error - PySide
569	QTableWidgetItem is missing binding of __lt__ to operator<
570	Link to old wiki
572	Giving unicode value as 'body' argument to WebView's load method
crashes python
573	Problème avec fonction print() de QPrintPreviewWidget
576	QWidget.setParent( None ) producing orphaned Widgets which won't die
577	Reference to QString in docs
578	QtNetwork_basic_auth_test (Timeout)
580	lock (Timeout)
581	phonon_basic_playing_test (Timeout)
583	add a new QDatetime init function with 6 argument
585	QTreeWidgetItem disappear
587	Test: protected (Failed)

References
==========

[1] http://developer.qt.nokia.com/wiki/PySideDownloads
[2] http://qt.gitorious.org/pyside
[3] http://bugs.openbossa.org/
[4] http://www.pyside.org/docs/pseps/psep-0001.html

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Bruno Araújo
Software developer - openBossa Labs - INdT