[Python-modules-team] Bug#875122: Bug#875109: should not be necessary to remove this one

[Dmitry Shachnev]

Hi Michael!

On Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 10:38:27AM +0100, Michael Prokop wrote:
> What's the current state of this (#875109), and what's the plan for
> buster? Are we going to have python-qt4 in buster as-is, or will
> pyqt (have to) depend on libqt5?
>
> Same question for pyside with #875122, might this be present as-is
> or is it clear that anything (build-)depending on libqt4* will be
> dropped for buster?
>
> I'd appreciate any hints, because applications that use PyQt or
> Pyside work fine right now, but if any of those packages get removed
> from/for Debian buster then this might surprise all the users of
> those frameworks/libraries.

In Buster we will probably ship Qt 4 / PyQt 4 as is, but we strongly
recommend all maintainers to port their packages to Qt 5, PyQt 5 or
PySide 2.

Qt 4 and PyQt 4 are supplied without any support, and we will not fix
any bugs there.

PySide 1 will not be shipped with Buster.

--
Dmitry Shachnev
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