Le samedi 27 février 2016 14:47:06 UTC, Carlos Córdoba a écrit :
>
> Hi,
>
> Thank you for contacting us about it. I think the least intrusive option 
> is:
>
>     Patch Spyder 2.3.8 to disable the features relying on QtWebkit
>
> That would break our Object Inspector, but that's an annoyance that 
> unfortunately Debian users will have to put up with.
>
>
Is this the only component that would be affected by the removal of 
qtwebkit?

Although I really, really would prefer that you would start to package 
> Spyder 3.0beta2 instead of doing that
>

It is on-going (I have QtPy and QtAwesome ready for submission). I would 
have to check for Jupyter.

(because I don't want to deal with bug reports about the breakage that you 
> will introduce and that at the end is not our fault but your decision).
>
>
It is just unfortunate that the update 2.3.x to 3.0 makes such a leap to 
the list of required dependencies.


> Cheers,
> Carlos
>
> PS. Moving 2.3.8 to PyQt5 is not an option, so please don't try it.
>
>
I saw the corresponding branch on master, and indeed the changes introduced 
for PyQt5 support are quite massive.

El 27/02/16 a las 08:44, Ghislain Vaillant escribió:
>
> I am contacting you on behalf of the package maintainers in Debian to 
> discuss the current status of the Spyder package in the archive and the 
> best course of actions moving forward.
>
>
> The Spyder package is currently sync'd with the latest stable version 
> (2.3.8). However, it is currently affected by the following RC bug (planned 
> QtWebkit 4 removal), which prevents it to transition to the testing 
> distribution. We are planning to package Spyder 3.x at some point but quite 
> a few dependencies are currently missing or needs to be packaged (Jupyter, 
> QtAwesome...), so the process will take time.
>
>
> Meanwhile, I would like to explore the possibility to maintain 2.3.8 a 
> little longer by removing the problematic dependency on qt4webkit. So far, 
> I can think of the following 2 options:
>
> - Patch / port spyder 2.3.8 to support PyQt5, perhaps using the existing 
> work on master.
>
> - Patch spyder 2.3.8 to disable the features relying on qt4webkit.
>
> - Other options?
>
>
> Can I have your opinion on which option(s) sound the least painful from a 
> maintenance point-of-view. Or perhaps none of these are worth considering 
> because it would be too much work. Looking forward to your feedback.
>
>
> Many thanks,
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