Hi list,
It's end of 2011, and time for a review of the PySide project
achievements and status for the past year. Looking back, there has been
a surprising amount of progress made. One year ago, we had just
stabilized Qt Quick support and were making bi-weekly beta releases,
heading for PySide 1.0.0. The bug inflow was huge, but so was the amount
of bugs fixed for every release. In March the situation had started to
settle and we deemed it safe to make the 1.0 release.
While I don't have much quantitative data, PySide adoption would seem to
be growing steadily. Many proprietary software houses, for which
PySide's licensing model suits well, incorporate or support PySide.
Also, an application written in PySide was one of the first apps to be
submitted to the Nokia N9 Ovi Store, and still the MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan
platform has the best Python support of any mobile platform, by a wide
margin. This is all thanks to PySide and its superb binding generation
toolchain.
Unfortunately, the end of year also marks the end of Nokia's direct
support for PySide, due to the rampdown of Nokia's MeeGo activities. To
help the transition, I started the process of making PySide a Qt add-on,
providing the project facilities and a framework within the Qt Project
umbrella. The transition is still pending a few more contribution
license agreements to be signed - I will contact the remaining
contributors next week to see what can be done. (If you received Marius
Storm-Olsen's mail about the CLA and did not act yet, please do so! It's
vital for the PySide project.) I will still be around until end of June
and will be able to devote plenty of time for finalizing the migration,
so the project is not left hanging in mid-air.
As for the future maintenance and development of PySide, the community
(other than Nokia or INdT), that is, will most likely have a much
greater role in it. INdT has expressed intent on continuing support, but
it's better if they describe their plans themselves. I would love to see
other companies and individuals providing commercial support and
consulting for PySide, as well - I believe the business opportunity is
there.
Let's hope for a prosperous new year for PySide!
Best,
Matti Airas
PySide Project Lead
Nokia
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