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===20. April 2023===
===20. April 2023===


* Bugs & Features
*Bugs & Features
** Work on support for clang 16, which changes behavior quite a bit
**Work on support for clang 16, which changes behavior quite a bit
** Fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2284 PYSIDE-2284] issue with NoneType
**Fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2284 PYSIDE-2284] issue with NoneType
** Fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2285 PYSIDE-2285] Type hints / Tuples
**Fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2285 PYSIDE-2285] Type hints / Tuples
** Fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2298 PYSIDE-2298] and others, fixed some missing 6.5 API
**Fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2298 PYSIDE-2298] and others, fixed some missing 6.5 API
**Added new tools - pyside6-qmlsc (commercial only) and pyside6-qmlcachegen
**Simplified tool adding process
**PySide6 to Android Deployment blog published 🤞


===13. April 2023===
===13. April 2023===


* General
*General
** SF 24.04 -> 16.05 ooo
**SF 24.04 -> 16.05 ooo
** CM 19.04 -> 27.04 ooo
**CM 19.04 -> 27.04 ooo
** QtCreator beta now includes an extra option to create virtual environments
**QtCreator beta now includes an extra option to create virtual environments
* Infra & Releases
*Infra & Releases
** 6.5.0 released, but one missing DLL on windows for people without hw acceleration.
**6.5.0 released, but one missing DLL on windows for people without hw acceleration.
*** To be fixed in 6.5.1
***To be fixed in 6.5.1
** 6.2.8 LTS to be released this week
**6.2.8 LTS to be released this week
** Improving current state of the maintenance tool for Python
**Improving current state of the maintenance tool for Python
** Second version of the packages in the server
**Second version of the packages in the server
** https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-684-a-per-interpreter-gil/19583
**https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-684-a-per-interpreter-gil/19583
** https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-711-pybi-a-standard-format-for-distributing-python-binaries/25547
**https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-711-pybi-a-standard-format-for-distributing-python-binaries/25547
** Qt Design Studio integration is on research
**Qt Design Studio integration is on research
* Bugs & Features
*Bugs & Features
** Type hints PYSIDE-2284 issue with NoneType
**Type hints PYSIDE-2284 issue with NoneType
** 2283 Platform dependencies into our docs
**2283 Platform dependencies into our docs
** Clang16 improvements to be compatible
**Clang16 improvements to be compatible
** Research on the missing DLL issue on Windows
**Research on the missing DLL issue on Windows
** Research on a memory leak possible related to Signal instances.
**Research on a memory leak possible related to Signal instances.
** asyncio debugging with a self-made event loop
**asyncio debugging with a self-made event loop
** Improving the python-for-android changes to prepare a patch
**Improving the python-for-android changes to prepare a patch
** Technical Preview blog post for Android in the making
**Technical Preview blog post for Android in the making
** PYSIDE-2294 multiple inheritance issue for a corner case with positional arguments
**PYSIDE-2294 multiple inheritance issue for a corner case with positional arguments
*** Researching a new approach that could improve things further
***Researching a new approach that could improve things further


===6. April 2023===
===6. April 2023===


* General
*General
** New Python releases 3.11.3, 3.10.11
**New Python releases 3.11.3, 3.10.11
* Infra & Releases
*Infra & Releases
** 6.5.0 released
**6.5.0 released
** 6.2.8 commercial LTS to go out soon
**6.2.8 commercial LTS to go out soon
** Review Maitenance Tool integration
**Review Maitenance Tool integration
** qtpip server configuration still in progress
**qtpip server configuration still in progress
* Bugs & Features
*Bugs & Features
** Android: preparing post, tests, and general improvements.
**Android: preparing post, tests, and general improvements.
** PYSIDE-2266 venv issue with the deployment tool.
**PYSIDE-2266 venv issue with the deployment tool.
** Documentation was released for 6.5.0 and many things were polished.
**Documentation was released for 6.5.0 and many things were polished.
** Async: continue working on the event loop wrapper implementation.
**Async: continue working on the event loop wrapper implementation.
** Research on memory leak that pyqtgraph found
**Research on memory leak that pyqtgraph found
** Brushing up tutorials: expenses
**Brushing up tutorials: expenses
** Adding new examples: simplebrowser, screen capture
**Adding new examples: simplebrowser, screen capture
** Documentation: found some issues with qdoc (from the move of examples to auto tests)
**Documentation: found some issues with qdoc (from the move of examples to auto tests)
** PYSIDE-2278 type hinting issue was fixed
**PYSIDE-2278 type hinting issue was fixed
** Improvements to the documentation
**Improvements to the documentation
** Cleaning imports from examples
**Cleaning imports from examples
** Add isort to the development guide
**Add isort to the development guide
** Exploring other projects where Python can shine
**Exploring other projects where Python can shine


===30. March 2023===
===30. March 2023===
* General
 
* Infra & Releases
*General
** 6.5 to be released next week
*Infra & Releases
** including requirements.txt along the commercial bundle
**6.5 to be released next week
*** research if possible retroactively
**including requirements.txt along the commercial bundle
** qtpip research continues
***research if possible retroactively
* Bugs & Features
**qtpip research continues
** Features that needs to be in before 6.5
*Bugs & Features
*** deployment tool nuitka patch
**Features that needs to be in before 6.5
*** android tool
***deployment tool nuitka patch
*** tutorial of thew new quick styled app
***android tool
** Improving enums to avoid using the old implementation
***tutorial of thew new quick styled app
** Deployment tool and android research continues
**Improving enums to avoid using the old implementation
** Async research on asyncio and trio proper integration
**Deployment tool and android research continues
** Refactoring
**Async research on asyncio and trio proper integration
** Shiboken examples are not displayed on the docs
**Refactoring
** Updating the new image of the project
**Shiboken examples are not displayed on the docs
** Re-porting multimedia examples, simplebrowser
**Updating the new image of the project
** Initial support for permission API
**Re-porting multimedia examples, simplebrowser
** small fixes on metaobjectdump
**Initial support for permission API
**small fixes on metaobjectdump




===23. March 2023===
===23. March 2023===
* General
 
** QtWS CfP open
*General
** EuroPython talks submitted
**QtWS CfP open
** Keeping an eye on future Python events
**EuroPython talks submitted
* Infra & Releases
**Keeping an eye on future Python events
** 6.4.3 is out
*Infra & Releases
*** pypy3 3.9.12 compatible, newer versions included an incompatibility
**6.4.3 is out
** 6.5 branching out today
***pypy3 3.9.12 compatible, newer versions included an incompatibility
* Bugs & Features
**6.5 branching out today
** async support continues.
*Bugs & Features
** Fixing a couple of issues related to the pyside6-deploy tool.
**async support continues.
*** venv compatibility
**Fixing a couple of issues related to the pyside6-deploy tool.
*** qml apps are not properly working
***venv compatibility
** android support almost ready for TP
***qml apps are not properly working
** PYSIDE-2261 cython signature module incompatibility fixed
**android support almost ready for TP
** Removed goto from PySide
**PYSIDE-2261 cython signature module incompatibility fixed
** Multiple inheritance issues were fixed.
**Removed goto from PySide
** old Enums are being removed, and the startup time will improve a bit (still in progress)
**Multiple inheritance issues were fixed.
** PYSIDE-971 GL funtions implementation
**old Enums are being removed, and the startup time will improve a bit (still in progress)
** including texttospeech into the wheels (missing by mistake)
**PYSIDE-971 GL funtions implementation
** adapting scripts to 6.5
**including texttospeech into the wheels (missing by mistake)
** metaobjectdump issue fixed
**adapting scripts to 6.5
** doc updates
**metaobjectdump issue fixed
**doc updates


===16. March 2023===
===16. March 2023===


* General
*General
** Preparing submissions for Europython
**Preparing submissions for Europython
** New company colors
**New company colors
* Infra & Releases
*Infra & Releases
** 6.4.3 release next week (no release branch)
**6.4.3 release next week (no release branch)
** Issues with Nuitka 1.5.1 (released yesterday) and the CI didn't like it. Pining 1.5
**Issues with Nuitka 1.5.1 (released yesterday) and the CI didn't like it. Pining 1.5
* Bugs & Features
*Bugs & Features
** qtpip: add support for many other operators (for versions)
**qtpip: add support for many other operators (for versions)
** PYSIDE-2254 exit crash issue was fixed
**PYSIDE-2254 exit crash issue was fixed
** PYSIDE-2251 designer issue when not initializing virtual environment.
**PYSIDE-2251 designer issue when not initializing virtual environment.
** qmlsurface example ported (polishing the C++ code as well)
**qmlsurface example ported (polishing the C++ code as well)
** example icons: discussions to standardize them a bit
**example icons: discussions to standardize them a bit
** android research: fixing some issues with qtquick
**android research: fixing some issues with qtquick
** PYSIDE-1564 multiple inheritance work continues, really far but found new issues. Generalizing the solution a bit from a Shiboken point of view. Research on how shiboken handle multiple inheritance to be compatible with Python's way.
**PYSIDE-1564 multiple inheritance work continues, really far but found new issues. Generalizing the solution a bit from a Shiboken point of view. Research on how shiboken handle multiple inheritance to be compatible with Python's way.
** PYSIDE-2255 virtual method issue related to access to those members.
**PYSIDE-2255 virtual method issue related to access to those members.
** Generalization of QApplication usage on the tests.
**Generalization of QApplication usage on the tests.
** Research: Add course to QtLearn related to Qt for Python
**Research: Add course to QtLearn related to Qt for Python
** doc: some links are broken.
**doc: some links are broken.
** doc: migration to sphinx-design from sphinx-panels
**doc: migration to sphinx-design from sphinx-panels


===9. March 2023===
===9. March 2023===


* General
*General
** Packing use-cases
**Packing use-cases
** Europython CfP: https://ep2023.europython.eu/cfp
**Europython CfP: https://ep2023.europython.eu/cfp
* Infra & Releases
*Infra & Releases
** Preparing 5.15.13: release might be today if nothing goes wrong.
**Preparing 5.15.13: release might be today if nothing goes wrong.
** Wheel bundles on the account.qt.io, and soon to be available in the Maintenance Tool
**Wheel bundles on the account.qt.io, and soon to be available in the Maintenance Tool
* Bugs & Features
*Bugs & Features
** Re-added QtLocation
**Re-added QtLocation
** Added larger examples for QtLocation, QtDataVisualization
**Added larger examples for QtLocation, QtDataVisualization
** Android research continues, preparing a TP
**Android research continues, preparing a TP
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2169 Leak related to AsyncIO was finally fixed: related to the new Enum implementation
**https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2169 Leak related to AsyncIO was finally fixed: related to the new Enum implementation
*** PyErr_Fetch/Restore does ref counting, and not borrow ref
***PyErr_Fetch/Restore does ref counting, and not borrow ref
** qtpip works continues
**qtpip works continues
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-79 bug signal instance: fixed most if not all possible errors.
**https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-79 bug signal instance: fixed most if not all possible errors.
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-1403 pyi still produces something not fully working with IDEs
**https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-1403 pyi still produces something not fully working with IDEs
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-1564 First version of the implementation of multiple inheritance is working
**https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-1564 First version of the implementation of multiple inheritance is working
*** Not a general solution, but a good approach (compatible with a competitor).
***Not a general solution, but a good approach (compatible with a competitor).
*** Working on a full support to handle multiple inheritance
***Working on a full support to handle multiple inheritance


===2. March 2023===
===2. March 2023===
* General
 
** Preparing internal/external material
*General
** Next monday CI maintenance break
**Preparing internal/external material
* Infra & Releases
**Next monday CI maintenance break
** commercial wheel bundles available on account.qt.io
*Infra & Releases
** 6.4.3 release was postponed
**commercial wheel bundles available on account.qt.io
* Bugs & Features
**6.4.3 release was postponed
** Improvements for qtpip
*Bugs & Features
** postEvent() memory leak still has an unknown origin  
**Improvements for qtpip
** PYSIDE-2236 QMetaMethod.fromSignal added
**postEvent() memory leak still has an unknown origin
** PYSIDE-2237 be careful with using reserved words in examples/docs/...
**PYSIDE-2236 QMetaMethod.fromSignal added
** PYSIDE-2239 opaquecontainers wrong dunder name
**PYSIDE-2237 be careful with using reserved words in examples/docs/...
** PYSIDE-2206 Examples revamping
**PYSIDE-2239 opaquecontainers wrong dunder name
*** Maybe we keep some examples around even if they are removed in Qt/C++
**PYSIDE-2206 Examples revamping
** Android work continues! looking good with 6.5
***Maybe we keep some examples around even if they are removed in Qt/C++
** PYSIDE-1564 Multiple inheritance story was improved, still in progress.
**Android work continues! looking good with 6.5
**PYSIDE-1564 Multiple inheritance story was improved, still in progress.


===23. February 2023===
===23. February 2023===
* General
 
** Giving a talk at Python La Paz (on Saturday) - in Spanish
*General
* Infra & Releases
**Giving a talk at Python La Paz (on Saturday) - in Spanish
** 6.4.3 ready to start the release process
*Infra & Releases
** Change to fix the windows signing is merged
**6.4.3 ready to start the release process
* Bugs & Features
**Change to fix the windows signing is merged
** 3.12 compatibility changes will reach 5.15, 6.2, and the future 6.5 LTS
*Bugs & Features
** PYSIDE-79 (caused by PYSIDE-68) refcounting issues addressed
**3.12 compatibility changes will reach 5.15, 6.2, and the future 6.5 LTS
** Continue the 3.12 support because of some new issues found
**PYSIDE-79 (caused by PYSIDE-68) refcounting issues addressed
** PYSIDE-1564: Multiple inheritance support is still being worked (old ABC issues might be related)
**Continue the 3.12 support because of some new issues found
** Issues with documentation build (sphinx)
**PYSIDE-1564: Multiple inheritance support is still being worked (old ABC issues might be related)
** Research on a memory leak related to the asyncio example: it's not related to asyncio, but from the posting action (pyside, and not Qt, because a C++ example with no async doesn't have any leak)
**Issues with documentation build (sphinx)
** PYSIDE-2234 adding QRunnableCreate
**Research on a memory leak related to the asyncio example: it's not related to asyncio, but from the posting action (pyside, and not Qt, because a C++ example with no async doesn't have any leak)
** fixed 6.5 issues with cross compilation
**PYSIDE-2234 adding QRunnableCreate
** Designer examples revamp
**fixed 6.5 issues with cross compilation
** Works continues on qtpip (a pip wrapper to install commercial wheels)
**Designer examples revamp
** PYSIDE-2232 NixOS issues was fixed (another was deferred)
**Works continues on qtpip (a pip wrapper to install commercial wheels)
** Research on the std::span support
**PYSIDE-2232 NixOS issues was fixed (another was deferred)
** Unity compilation research continues
**Research on the std::span support
** Bug cleanup, closing and fixing old ones.
**Unity compilation research continues
** OpenGL getProc issue is being worked on.
**Bug cleanup, closing and fixing old ones.
** PYSIDE-2192 interactive matplotlib issue (hook)
**OpenGL getProc issue is being worked on.
**PYSIDE-2192 interactive matplotlib issue (hook)


===16. February 2023===
===16. February 2023===


* General
*General
** Development of a tool for commercial wheel installation started, and other general improvements.
**Development of a tool for commercial wheel installation started, and other general improvements.
** Blog posts -> 6.5 release, and Android research.
**Blog posts -> 6.5 release, and Android research.
** Don't forget about Europython.
**Don't forget about Europython.
* Infra & Releases
*Infra & Releases
** Branching dev to 6.5 when the Qt/C++ 6.5.0 RC is out (16 Mar '23)
**Branching dev to 6.5 when the Qt/C++ 6.5.0 RC is out (16 Mar '23)
*** Only fixes go to dev with Pick-to: 6.5 if necessary
***Only fixes go to dev with Pick-to: 6.5 if necessary
*** new features remain in dev (for 6.6)
***new features remain in dev (for 6.6)
* Bugs & Features
*Bugs & Features
** nogil research was positive, and most of our test work. It would require for us to modify the generator for each function/module.
**nogil research was positive, and most of our test work. It would require for us to modify the generator for each function/module.
*** mandelbrot example works and improves its performance around 3.5 times.
***mandelbrot example works and improves its performance around 3.5 times.
** Python 3.12 will include an incompatibility due to the changes in the type generation
**Python 3.12 will include an incompatibility due to the changes in the type generation
*** https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/60074#issuecomment-1430115581
***https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/60074#issuecomment-1430115581
*** some other issues were found, but not as critical as the tp_new issue.
***some other issues were found, but not as critical as the tp_new issue.
** It will be possible to install pyside6 in conda environments starting from 6.4.3 and 6.5
**It will be possible to install pyside6 in conda environments starting from 6.4.3 and 6.5
** commercial identifier on commercial wheels will be replaced to be compatible with distutils
**commercial identifier on commercial wheels will be replaced to be compatible with distutils
** asyncio research continues
**asyncio research continues
** Adapting the deploy tool to include compatibility with android (in progress)
**Adapting the deploy tool to include compatibility with android (in progress)
** research on ML-based tool to transform c++ <-> python
**research on ML-based tool to transform c++ <-> python
** Getting started docs updated
**Getting started docs updated
** qtdoc documentation content will be included in the docs  
**qtdoc documentation content will be included in the docs
** doc issues: some broken links and references
**doc issues: some broken links and references
** General slides to be updated
**General slides to be updated




===09. February 2023===
===09. February 2023===


* General
*General
** How to make our API better for pathlib?
**How to make our API better for pathlib?
** 3.11.2 released, 3.10.10 as well
**3.11.2 released, 3.10.10 as well
** https://peps.python.org/pep-0675/
**https://peps.python.org/pep-0675/
* Infra & Releases
*Infra & Releases
** LTS tags cannot be pushed to community repo (permissions), hopefully in this week.
**LTS tags cannot be pushed to community repo (permissions), hopefully in this week.
** Maintenance Tool updates soon
**Maintenance Tool updates soon
** Binary signing still need a little change to be working
**Binary signing still need a little change to be working
** dev to use 6.5 starting today
**dev to use 6.5 starting today
* Bugs & Features
*Bugs & Features
** Android research in progress, looking good :)
**Android research in progress, looking good :)
** A solution was proposed to fix the usage of PySide6 in conda environments: still needs tweaks to work, mainly related to an internal qt.conf that's loaded at runtime.
**A solution was proposed to fix the usage of PySide6 in conda environments: still needs tweaks to work, mainly related to an internal qt.conf that's loaded at runtime.
** PYSIDE-2222 custom widget plugin, load with uic crash
**PYSIDE-2222 custom widget plugin, load with uic crash
** PYSIDE-2201 was fixed: introducing weak references into the SignalInstances.  
**PYSIDE-2201 was fixed: introducing weak references into the SignalInstances.
** PYSIDE-79 was possible to solve (from PYSIDE-68 solution). Still needs to some documentation to be written.
**PYSIDE-79 was possible to solve (from PYSIDE-68 solution). Still needs to some documentation to be written.
** PYSIDE-2221 research on future compatibility with NoGIL Python https://github.com/colesbury/nogil https://peps.python.org/pep-0703/
**PYSIDE-2221 research on future compatibility with NoGIL Python https://github.com/colesbury/nogil https://peps.python.org/pep-0703/
** https://github.com/blueloveTH/pocketpy also interesting
**https://github.com/blueloveTH/pocketpy also interesting


===02. February 2023===
===02. February 2023===


* General
*General
** Europython 2023 will be in Prague! 17-23 July
**Europython 2023 will be in Prague! 17-23 July
* Infra & Release
*Infra & Release
** Improving wheel creation in our CI (signing windows, and other things)
**Improving wheel creation in our CI (signing windows, and other things)
** Soon we will have released LTS in the OSS repo (after some complications)
**Soon we will have released LTS in the OSS repo (after some complications)
** CI Maintenance break coming next Monday (keep an eye open to the Python configuration)
**CI Maintenance break coming next Monday (keep an eye open to the Python configuration)
* Bugs & Features
*Bugs & Features
** Unity builds were helping pyside/shiboken, and some tests are being done in qt/c++
**Unity builds were helping pyside/shiboken, and some tests are being done in qt/c++
** meta task on revamping examples in the Qt Project
**meta task on revamping examples in the Qt Project
** Adding uic functionality and documentation
**Adding uic functionality and documentation
** Doc reviews, some issues were found
**Doc reviews, some issues were found
** Android development continues, and looks good!
**Android development continues, and looks good!
** introducing --log-level to change --verbose-build and --quiet
**introducing --log-level to change --verbose-build and --quiet
**Overhaul of Signal/SignalInstance continues:
**Overhaul of Signal/SignalInstance continues:
*** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2201 PYSIDE-2201] Weak Reference handling is complete
***[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2201 PYSIDE-2201] Weak Reference handling is complete
*** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-79 PYSIDE-79] Research on Reference bug continues
***[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-79 PYSIDE-79] Research on Reference bug continues
** create_wheels.py --builddir to explicitly provide build directory
**create_wheels.py --builddir to explicitly provide build directory
** WIP: QtAsyncIoEventLoop using Qt's event dispatcher, using BaseEventLoop and BaseSelectorEventLoop for guidance
**WIP: QtAsyncIoEventLoop using Qt's event dispatcher, using BaseEventLoop and BaseSelectorEventLoop for guidance


===26. January 2023===
===26. January 2023===
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**Android Deployment - Patches incoming to automate cross compilation to produce android wheels
**Android Deployment - Patches incoming to automate cross compilation to produce android wheels
**Overhaul of Signal/SignalInstance
**Overhaul of Signal/SignalInstance
*** Implement Weak Reference Handling
***Implement Weak Reference Handling
*** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2201 PYSIDE-2201] Handle early destruction of the object better
***[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2201 PYSIDE-2201] Handle early destruction of the object better
*** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-79 PYSIDE-79] Trying to finally fix the reference leak using weakref.
***[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-79 PYSIDE-79] Trying to finally fix the reference leak using weakref.
**Alternative approach to Anaconda issue: Register internal qt6.conf with site-packages prefix (still WIP).
**Alternative approach to Anaconda issue: Register internal qt6.conf with site-packages prefix (still WIP).
**WIP: Implement class QtAsyncIoEventLoop(asyncio.AbstractEventLoop) that wraps around Qt's event loop to enable Qt + asyncio.
**WIP: Implement class QtAsyncIoEventLoop(asyncio.AbstractEventLoop) that wraps around Qt's event loop to enable Qt + asyncio.

Revision as of 07:53, 20 April 2023

2023

20. April 2023

  • Bugs & Features
    • Work on support for clang 16, which changes behavior quite a bit
    • Fixed PYSIDE-2284 issue with NoneType
    • Fixed PYSIDE-2285 Type hints / Tuples
    • Fixed PYSIDE-2298 and others, fixed some missing 6.5 API
    • Added new tools - pyside6-qmlsc (commercial only) and pyside6-qmlcachegen
    • Simplified tool adding process
    • PySide6 to Android Deployment blog published 🤞

13. April 2023

  • General
    • SF 24.04 -> 16.05 ooo
    • CM 19.04 -> 27.04 ooo
    • QtCreator beta now includes an extra option to create virtual environments
  • Infra & Releases
  • Bugs & Features
    • Type hints PYSIDE-2284 issue with NoneType
    • 2283 Platform dependencies into our docs
    • Clang16 improvements to be compatible
    • Research on the missing DLL issue on Windows
    • Research on a memory leak possible related to Signal instances.
    • asyncio debugging with a self-made event loop
    • Improving the python-for-android changes to prepare a patch
    • Technical Preview blog post for Android in the making
    • PYSIDE-2294 multiple inheritance issue for a corner case with positional arguments
      • Researching a new approach that could improve things further

6. April 2023

  • General
    • New Python releases 3.11.3, 3.10.11
  • Infra & Releases
    • 6.5.0 released
    • 6.2.8 commercial LTS to go out soon
    • Review Maitenance Tool integration
    • qtpip server configuration still in progress
  • Bugs & Features
    • Android: preparing post, tests, and general improvements.
    • PYSIDE-2266 venv issue with the deployment tool.
    • Documentation was released for 6.5.0 and many things were polished.
    • Async: continue working on the event loop wrapper implementation.
    • Research on memory leak that pyqtgraph found
    • Brushing up tutorials: expenses
    • Adding new examples: simplebrowser, screen capture
    • Documentation: found some issues with qdoc (from the move of examples to auto tests)
    • PYSIDE-2278 type hinting issue was fixed
    • Improvements to the documentation
    • Cleaning imports from examples
    • Add isort to the development guide
    • Exploring other projects where Python can shine

30. March 2023

  • General
  • Infra & Releases
    • 6.5 to be released next week
    • including requirements.txt along the commercial bundle
      • research if possible retroactively
    • qtpip research continues
  • Bugs & Features
    • Features that needs to be in before 6.5
      • deployment tool nuitka patch
      • android tool
      • tutorial of thew new quick styled app
    • Improving enums to avoid using the old implementation
    • Deployment tool and android research continues
    • Async research on asyncio and trio proper integration
    • Refactoring
    • Shiboken examples are not displayed on the docs
    • Updating the new image of the project
    • Re-porting multimedia examples, simplebrowser
    • Initial support for permission API
    • small fixes on metaobjectdump


23. March 2023

  • General
    • QtWS CfP open
    • EuroPython talks submitted
    • Keeping an eye on future Python events
  • Infra & Releases
    • 6.4.3 is out
      • pypy3 3.9.12 compatible, newer versions included an incompatibility
    • 6.5 branching out today
  • Bugs & Features
    • async support continues.
    • Fixing a couple of issues related to the pyside6-deploy tool.
      • venv compatibility
      • qml apps are not properly working
    • android support almost ready for TP
    • PYSIDE-2261 cython signature module incompatibility fixed
    • Removed goto from PySide
    • Multiple inheritance issues were fixed.
    • old Enums are being removed, and the startup time will improve a bit (still in progress)
    • PYSIDE-971 GL funtions implementation
    • including texttospeech into the wheels (missing by mistake)
    • adapting scripts to 6.5
    • metaobjectdump issue fixed
    • doc updates

16. March 2023

  • General
    • Preparing submissions for Europython
    • New company colors
  • Infra & Releases
    • 6.4.3 release next week (no release branch)
    • Issues with Nuitka 1.5.1 (released yesterday) and the CI didn't like it. Pining 1.5
  • Bugs & Features
    • qtpip: add support for many other operators (for versions)
    • PYSIDE-2254 exit crash issue was fixed
    • PYSIDE-2251 designer issue when not initializing virtual environment.
    • qmlsurface example ported (polishing the C++ code as well)
    • example icons: discussions to standardize them a bit
    • android research: fixing some issues with qtquick
    • PYSIDE-1564 multiple inheritance work continues, really far but found new issues. Generalizing the solution a bit from a Shiboken point of view. Research on how shiboken handle multiple inheritance to be compatible with Python's way.
    • PYSIDE-2255 virtual method issue related to access to those members.
    • Generalization of QApplication usage on the tests.
    • Research: Add course to QtLearn related to Qt for Python
    • doc: some links are broken.
    • doc: migration to sphinx-design from sphinx-panels

9. March 2023

  • General
  • Infra & Releases
    • Preparing 5.15.13: release might be today if nothing goes wrong.
    • Wheel bundles on the account.qt.io, and soon to be available in the Maintenance Tool
  • Bugs & Features

2. March 2023

  • General
    • Preparing internal/external material
    • Next monday CI maintenance break
  • Infra & Releases
    • commercial wheel bundles available on account.qt.io
    • 6.4.3 release was postponed
  • Bugs & Features
    • Improvements for qtpip
    • postEvent() memory leak still has an unknown origin
    • PYSIDE-2236 QMetaMethod.fromSignal added
    • PYSIDE-2237 be careful with using reserved words in examples/docs/...
    • PYSIDE-2239 opaquecontainers wrong dunder name
    • PYSIDE-2206 Examples revamping
      • Maybe we keep some examples around even if they are removed in Qt/C++
    • Android work continues! looking good with 6.5
    • PYSIDE-1564 Multiple inheritance story was improved, still in progress.

23. February 2023

  • General
    • Giving a talk at Python La Paz (on Saturday) - in Spanish
  • Infra & Releases
    • 6.4.3 ready to start the release process
    • Change to fix the windows signing is merged
  • Bugs & Features
    • 3.12 compatibility changes will reach 5.15, 6.2, and the future 6.5 LTS
    • PYSIDE-79 (caused by PYSIDE-68) refcounting issues addressed
    • Continue the 3.12 support because of some new issues found
    • PYSIDE-1564: Multiple inheritance support is still being worked (old ABC issues might be related)
    • Issues with documentation build (sphinx)
    • Research on a memory leak related to the asyncio example: it's not related to asyncio, but from the posting action (pyside, and not Qt, because a C++ example with no async doesn't have any leak)
    • PYSIDE-2234 adding QRunnableCreate
    • fixed 6.5 issues with cross compilation
    • Designer examples revamp
    • Works continues on qtpip (a pip wrapper to install commercial wheels)
    • PYSIDE-2232 NixOS issues was fixed (another was deferred)
    • Research on the std::span support
    • Unity compilation research continues
    • Bug cleanup, closing and fixing old ones.
    • OpenGL getProc issue is being worked on.
    • PYSIDE-2192 interactive matplotlib issue (hook)

16. February 2023

  • General
    • Development of a tool for commercial wheel installation started, and other general improvements.
    • Blog posts -> 6.5 release, and Android research.
    • Don't forget about Europython.
  • Infra & Releases
    • Branching dev to 6.5 when the Qt/C++ 6.5.0 RC is out (16 Mar '23)
      • Only fixes go to dev with Pick-to: 6.5 if necessary
      • new features remain in dev (for 6.6)
  • Bugs & Features
    • nogil research was positive, and most of our test work. It would require for us to modify the generator for each function/module.
      • mandelbrot example works and improves its performance around 3.5 times.
    • Python 3.12 will include an incompatibility due to the changes in the type generation
    • It will be possible to install pyside6 in conda environments starting from 6.4.3 and 6.5
    • commercial identifier on commercial wheels will be replaced to be compatible with distutils
    • asyncio research continues
    • Adapting the deploy tool to include compatibility with android (in progress)
    • research on ML-based tool to transform c++ <-> python
    • Getting started docs updated
    • qtdoc documentation content will be included in the docs
    • doc issues: some broken links and references
    • General slides to be updated


09. February 2023

  • General
  • Infra & Releases
    • LTS tags cannot be pushed to community repo (permissions), hopefully in this week.
    • Maintenance Tool updates soon
    • Binary signing still need a little change to be working
    • dev to use 6.5 starting today
  • Bugs & Features
    • Android research in progress, looking good :)
    • A solution was proposed to fix the usage of PySide6 in conda environments: still needs tweaks to work, mainly related to an internal qt.conf that's loaded at runtime.
    • PYSIDE-2222 custom widget plugin, load with uic crash
    • PYSIDE-2201 was fixed: introducing weak references into the SignalInstances.
    • PYSIDE-79 was possible to solve (from PYSIDE-68 solution). Still needs to some documentation to be written.
    • PYSIDE-2221 research on future compatibility with NoGIL Python https://github.com/colesbury/nogil https://peps.python.org/pep-0703/
    • https://github.com/blueloveTH/pocketpy also interesting

02. February 2023

  • General
    • Europython 2023 will be in Prague! 17-23 July
  • Infra & Release
    • Improving wheel creation in our CI (signing windows, and other things)
    • Soon we will have released LTS in the OSS repo (after some complications)
    • CI Maintenance break coming next Monday (keep an eye open to the Python configuration)
  • Bugs & Features
    • Unity builds were helping pyside/shiboken, and some tests are being done in qt/c++
    • meta task on revamping examples in the Qt Project
    • Adding uic functionality and documentation
    • Doc reviews, some issues were found
    • Android development continues, and looks good!
    • introducing --log-level to change --verbose-build and --quiet
    • Overhaul of Signal/SignalInstance continues:
    • create_wheels.py --builddir to explicitly provide build directory
    • WIP: QtAsyncIoEventLoop using Qt's event dispatcher, using BaseEventLoop and BaseSelectorEventLoop for guidance

26. January 2023

  • Infra & Releases
    • Fixed issues with Windows signing
  • Bugs & Features
    • Fixed PYSIDE-2204 qt.conf encoding
    • Fixed bugs in pyside6-metaobjectdump (QML) PYSIDE-2202 , PYSIDE-2203
    • PYSIDE-2194: Possibly requires refactoring of QLowEnergyController to use the new WinRT API, instead of COM API
    • Android Deployment - Patches incoming to automate cross compilation to produce android wheels
    • Overhaul of Signal/SignalInstance
      • Implement Weak Reference Handling
      • PYSIDE-2201 Handle early destruction of the object better
      • PYSIDE-79 Trying to finally fix the reference leak using weakref.
    • Alternative approach to Anaconda issue: Register internal qt6.conf with site-packages prefix (still WIP).
    • WIP: Implement class QtAsyncIoEventLoop(asyncio.AbstractEventLoop) that wraps around Qt's event loop to enable Qt + asyncio.
    • Memory leak with current asyncio example (or space leak?)

19. January 2023

  • General
    • Hackathon in TQtC
    • The WebAssembly PySide Team was almost doubled in size (+1 brain, +1 hand)
  • Infra & Releases
    • Windows signing to be improved.
    • LTS releases into oss repo: some issues appeared but will be merged soon.
  • Bugs & Features
    • PYSIDE-1994: De-virtualization of Shiboken embedded Python files is now an option controlled dynamically by SBK_EMBED
      • PYSIDE-1019: A dormant __feature__ initialization timing problem was fixed while implementing de-virtualization
    • PYSIDE-1735: De-coupling of old and new enums was started
    • PYSIDE-1564: Debugging of multiple inheritance continues
    • Fixed some bluetooth functions in PySide6.
    • Low Energy Scanner Example
    • PYSIDE-2194: Progressing with this. Definitely a thread issue which allow-thread doesn't seem to fix.
    • Possible solution for problems with PySide6 inside conda (compat package with qt6.conf file), but investigating if best solution

12. January 2023

  • General
    • Next week is Hackathon, meeting will be shorter
    • Discussion on how to gather information, and sharing material around Qt for Python
  • Infra & Releases
    • 6.5 RC planning -> feature freeze for PySide
    • 6.4.2 was released last Monday
    • CMake Jumbo builds issue with Windows signing
    • LTS branches to land in pyside-setup soon
  • Bugs & Features
    • Async examples: addressing memory leak and cpu usage due to the event loop interactions
    • Review conda packaging story and PySide6
    • De-virtualization of Python files: still some issues
    • Incompatibility with pywin32: __feature__ related when trying to check if the ext module uses PySide. Also related to an issue with the inspect module.
    • Installing PySide6.support via CMake (was previously not considered)
    • Work continues on the multiple inheritance issues related to classes based on QObject
    • locate issues related to to* methods
    • std::array support in shiboken (still in progress)
    • fixing imports in matplotlib examples
    • adaptation to 6.5
    • splitting shiboken generator source to its own
    • Android deployment works - tested on Widget applications
    • Fixing QTBUG-109510 leading to discovering issues with certain functions in PySide6. Being fixed.

5. January 2023

  • General
    • Next monday CI maintenance
    • OKRs
  • Infra & Releases
    • 5.15.12 LTS, 6.2.7 LTS released
    • Open Source LTS releases to be moved to the pyside-setup
    • 6.4 CI hanging, issues on lts-5.15 due to Python
    • 6.4.2 to be release in the following days
  • Bugs & Features
    • PYSIDE-1931 SQL issue regarding allow-thread
    • helping 6.5 translations
    • Adaptations with 6.5
    • QSharedPointer -> std::shared_ptr attempt
    • research on adding std::span into shiboken
    • PYSIDE-2160 properties qml types issues
    • Tutorials language review
    • Android research continues
    • QTBUG-109510 BTLE issue on pyside

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