On Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:21:33 PM Phil Thompson wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:40:25 -0400, Scott Kitterman <deb...@kitterman.com> > > wrote: > > On Monday, June 17, 2013 10:13:32 AM Phil Thompson wrote: > >> SIP v4.14.7 has been released. This is a minor functional release but > > is > > >> required by PyQt v5. > > > > It would be nice if new SIP versions that introduce a new major API > > version > > number weren't described as a "minor functional release". It seems to > > me > > > that > > incompatible API changes are rather more than that. > > They are not incompatible API changes, they are incompatible ABI changes - > an implementation detail.
Since we (Debian/Ubuntu) distribute binaries that make use of the ABI, it's a non-trivial one for us. We have to rebuild the relevant packages each time this happens. Scott K _______________________________________________ PyQt mailing list PyQt@riverbankcomputing.com http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/mailman/listinfo/pyqt
