Op donderdag 03 december 2009 schreef Rajeev: > It doesnt have much to do with distributions, because these projects > are doing it for their own needs and not for their distributions.
I meant that python-poppler-qt4 could become a package in the Linux distribution sense, and that other programs could simply depend om that package, instead of including (some fork of) it in their own source tarball. I write and distribute a free software application (written in Python, called Frescobaldi, see www.frescobaldi.org ). In the future I want to extend that app with a PDF widget based on libpoppler-qt4. But I would rather not include the Python binding with my program (as it requires users to compile code). Users should install the python binding separately. Other projects also can then depend on that package instead of including their own version. But for the binding to be useful for others, the API coverage would need to be completed. I for myself need the links() method of the Page object and the various Link* classes, but I would be willing to make the binding complete and cover and test the full API of libpoppler-qt4. Then the binding could be released as tarballs so that other people can easily install it and (Linux) distributions can include packaged versions of the Python binding for libpoppler-qt4. > Why do you need a fork on googlecode ? You can simply checkout on your > local, make mods and send me patches. But if its really necessary, I > can move it off Pardus' SVN repo and put it on Bitbucket. I would rather not create a fork. If I can contribute patches it's good as well. My main reason for creating a (googlecode) repo, is that it would make it easier for me to work on both my machines and commit to the repo often. And to have a well-known place to provide source tarballs I can point users of my application to. Best regards, Wilbert Berendsen -- http://www.wilbertberendsen.nl/ "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -- Mahatma Gandhi _______________________________________________ PyQt mailing list [email protected] http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/mailman/listinfo/pyqt
