Hi all,
==== PySide's in Debian ! ====
As promised many times over IRC, PySide is now in Debian :
http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/pyside.html
It is in Debian unstable only for now, mainly because we have FTBFS on
various release architectures :
https://buildd.debian.org/pkg.cgi?pkg=pyside
These build failures prevent pyside to migrate to testing (Squeeze), so
PySide won't be in the next Stable Debian with those.
From what I could grab on IRC with Debian people, it seems that the sparc
failure is due to unaligned access by generatorrunner. For the other build
failures, I don't really have an idea, so I would really welcome any help to
solve these build failures.
==== PySide flavour for Debian Stable ? ====
The next Debian Stable (Squeeze) is meant to freeze in March (but probably
won't make it¹), so any major PySide release after that date is at risk for
Squeeze.
As I heard over IRC, the boost-based PySide is not meant to last, but will
be replaced by the shiboken-based.
The main questions for me, as Debian co-maintainer for PySide (along with
the python-modules packaging team), are:
* Do you intend to support the boost-based PySide for Squeeze's lifetime
(around 22 months + 1 year) ?
* Which flavour of PySide would you like to see in Debian Stable ?
* Will that flavour be supported/supportable for Squeeze's lifetime ?
* When will it be in "releasable form" in your opinion ?
If the PySide project is not willing to support the boost-based PySide, I
will simply block its migration to Squeeze (which is in any case blocked by
the FTBFS) and work on packaging of the shiboken-based one (probably with
git snapshots as a start).
Best regards and thanks in advance for your answers !
OdyX, Debian co-maintainer of PySide and its build-depends
¹ http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/02/msg00002.html
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