Re: [PyKDE] Multiple PyQt version in one Python installation

2006-11-06 Thread Simon Edwards
On Monday 06 November 2006 08:18, Andreas Pakulat wrote: On 05.11.06 19:20:00, Simon Edwards wrote: I don't think that is quite the case. The standard approach that distributions use for this kind of problem is to make it possible to install the old version along side the new one. This

Re: [PyKDE] Multiple PyQt version in one Python installation

2006-11-06 Thread Andreas Pakulat
On 06.11.06 21:01:59, Simon Edwards wrote: On Monday 06 November 2006 08:18, Andreas Pakulat wrote: On 05.11.06 19:20:00, Simon Edwards wrote: This is no different than an upgrade of libstdc++ would work, if they change their ABI or even API. You can't install 2 versions of that either,

Re: [PyKDE] Multiple PyQt version in one Python installation

2006-11-05 Thread Simon Edwards
On Sunday 05 November 2006 00:29, Phil Thompson wrote: On Saturday 04 November 2006 10:08 pm, Simon Edwards wrote: sip.so. Point is, once a SIP wrapper for a custom C++ class is compiled it then depends on that particular version of sip. No it doesn't. Are you trying to tell me that if I

Re: [PyKDE] Multiple PyQt version in one Python installation

2006-11-05 Thread Phil Thompson
On Sunday 05 November 2006 11:28 am, Simon Edwards wrote: On Sunday 05 November 2006 00:29, Phil Thompson wrote: On Saturday 04 November 2006 10:08 pm, Simon Edwards wrote: sip.so. Point is, once a SIP wrapper for a custom C++ class is compiled it then depends on that particular version

Re: [PyKDE] Multiple PyQt version in one Python installation

2006-11-05 Thread Giovanni Bajo
Andreas Pakulat wrote: I think the most problematic part for getting PyQt as egg is integrating the PyQt buildsystem (and sips probably too) into the setuptools. I have posted to this list an incomplete setup.py for building and installing SIP. It was built atop of distutils, but it could be

Re: [PyKDE] Multiple PyQt version in one Python installation

2006-11-05 Thread Simon Edwards
On Sunday 05 November 2006 13:15, Phil Thompson wrote: I understand where you are coming from, and the situation you describe is perfectly possible - and no different from hundreds of other open source packages. I don't think that is quite the case. The standard approach that distributions

Re: [PyKDE] Multiple PyQt version in one Python installation

2006-11-05 Thread Andreas Pakulat
On 05.11.06 19:20:00, Simon Edwards wrote: On Sunday 05 November 2006 13:15, Phil Thompson wrote: I understand where you are coming from, and the situation you describe is perfectly possible - and no different from hundreds of other open source packages. I don't think that is quite the

Re: [PyKDE] Multiple PyQt version in one Python installation

2006-11-04 Thread Phil Thompson
On Saturday 04 November 2006 7:47 pm, Simon Edwards wrote: Hello, One of the things that I would like to see in PyKDE 4 is the possibility to install different versions PyQt into the same Python installation in the event that backward compatibility in libsip needs to be broken. Anyway, I've

Re: [PyKDE] Multiple PyQt version in one Python installation

2006-11-04 Thread Simon Edwards
On Saturday 04 November 2006 21:38, Phil Thompson wrote: On Saturday 04 November 2006 7:47 pm, Simon Edwards wrote: This would be very useful for PyKDE and KDE 4. Phil, what do you think? Yuck. So, in the hypothetical case where a binary incompatibility is introduced you then go through all

Re: [PyKDE] Multiple PyQt version in one Python installation

2006-11-04 Thread Phil Thompson
On Saturday 04 November 2006 10:08 pm, Simon Edwards wrote: On Saturday 04 November 2006 21:38, Phil Thompson wrote: On Saturday 04 November 2006 7:47 pm, Simon Edwards wrote: This would be very useful for PyKDE and KDE 4. Phil, what do you think? Yuck. So, in the hypothetical case where

Re: [PyKDE] Multiple PyQt version in one Python installation

2006-11-04 Thread Andreas Pakulat
On 04.11.06 23:29:08, Phil Thompson wrote: On Saturday 04 November 2006 10:08 pm, Simon Edwards wrote: On Saturday 04 November 2006 21:38, Phil Thompson wrote: If you want module version dependencies then don't eggs give you what you need? From what little I just read about python