https://github.com/freedomofpress/maint-dangerzone-pyside6

Build instructions for creating a PySide6 RPM, which is currently missing from the official Fedora repos.
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Build instructions for creating a PySide6 RPM, which is currently missing from the official Fedora repos.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/freedomofpress/maint-dangerzone-pyside6
• Owner: freedomofpress
• Created: 2023-11-28T11:15:03.000Z (12 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-06-05T10:33:20.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-05T12:11:51.909Z (5 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 35.2 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 4
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Build instructions for PySide6 RPMs

Most popular distros [do not offer a PySide6 package](https://repology.org/project/python:pyside6/versions).

If you are a developer that needs Python Qt bindings, and you want to package

your application, you can't rely on virtualenvs. You do have some alternatives,

but they are not ideal:

1. Use PySide2 (`python3-pyside2`). There are several issues with this approach:

   * PySide2 does not support Python 3.12 yet (see [bug report](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2230)).

     This has already bit Fedora 39, which has [retired](https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/3080)

     the `python3-pyside2` package from its repos.

   * PySide2 requires Qt5, [which is EOL](https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-5.15-extended-support-for-subscription-license-holders),

     placing the maintenance burden on distros.

2. Use [PyQt](https://riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro) bindings.

   These bindings are GPL licensed, which are incompatible with non-GPL

   applications. Moreover, they are not official bindings, as they are provided

   by a third party.

This repo has information on how to package PySide6 alongside your application.

It was created to aid in the development of

[Dangerzone](https://github.com/freedomofpress/dangerzone), a multi-platform

GUI application that uses Qt. We recommend you take a look at the

[challenges](https://github.com/freedomofpress/dangerzone/issues/211#issuecomment-1827777122)

we encountered while packaging PySide6, in order to understand the design

choices in this repo.

> [!IMPORTANT]

> As of 2024-04-15, this repo will no longer build a PySide6 RPM greater than

> 6.6.3.1. The reason is that PySide6 6.7.0 [is now available](https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/python-pyside6/python3-pyside6/fedora-rawhide.html)

> in Fedora Rawhide, and will [soon be available](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271325#c4)

> in the rest of the Fedora releases.

>

> **UPDATE:** On 2024-05-05, an update in Fedora's Python3 package triggered a

> a segfault in the PySide6 package (see [Bugzilla #2279088](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2279088)).

> Unfortunately, we can't wait for Fedora's PySide6 to reach the stable

> releases, so we have to package PySide6 6.7.1 ourselves.

## Build

You can build source and binary RPM packages with the following commands:

```sh

dnf install -y rpm-build python3-devel

./build.sh

```

You can also find nightly builds in our GitHub actions page.