Hi all, SUSE has been shipping with PyQt/PyKDE installed in the default system for quite a while. For PyQT/PyKDE 3 this was a no-brainer: The HP printer tools are installed by default and need them, so we have to install PyQt/PyKDE (or actually kdebindings3-python that contains them) by default, too. ;-)
Now I have requested the addition of PyQt v4 to the upcoming openSUSE 10.2 release. But I have met some resistance because there is not a single application that needs it right now. I haven't found third party RPMs for SUSE or Fedora that we could easily adapt either. If you know about them, please tell me. Personally I think that our Linux would be a better product if we had the PyQt 4 "runtime" installed by default, or at least available as RPMs for easy installation. If you think so, too, you can help to make this happen: Have a look at our build service http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service and if you like it, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask for an account, so you can volunteer as the maintainer for the PyQt 4 package and/or your personal PyQt project in the build service. The cool thing about the openSUSE build service is that does not only build RPMs for various flavours of SUSE Linux, but also packages for Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, and Mandriva. So this could be a one-stop solution for building PyQT packages. It would also help to tell me about applications that are already using PyQt 4 and should be added to openSUSE, or at least be available for optional download on the build service. Finally, just spread the word about PyQt, so that there is more real demand for it. Right now there is a hen-and-egg problem with it: If it's not installed by default it's relatively hard to install PyQt 4 apps, but to have PyQt apps out there that justify adding PyQt 4 to the distribution by default it has to be easy enough to develop/deploy them in the first place. Cheers Joachim -- Joachim Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Project Manager Contracts, Migration, SDK Novell, Linux R&D Nuernberg _______________________________________________ PyKDE mailing list PyKDE@mats.imk.fraunhofer.de http://mats.imk.fraunhofer.de/mailman/listinfo/pykde
