View source for Qt for Python Development Notes 2023

==2023==

===21. December 2023===
* General
* Infra & Releases
** Adaptation to Qt 6.7
* Bugs & Features
** Work on documentation, create separate page for global functions and enumerations, fixed warnings
** Fixed a few functions returning tuples (QLockFile::getLockInfo(), QQuaternion getAxisAndAngle()/getEulerAngles())
** Fixed qCompress()/uncompress() for PyBuffer
** Test app to check if building works with Qt bootstrap in P4A - https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/commit/14dab2defb3db6aef0e95f0dadff3954ea8d9a5<nowiki/>2
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2439 PYSIDE-2439] - FindPython cmake module update merged
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2553 PYSIDE-2553] - Android build issue - Under investigation
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-535 PYSIDE-535] Support PyPy for Python 3.10
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-535 PYSIDE-535] Fix a few new bugs in PyPy for Python 3.10
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2221 PYSIDE-2221] Porting NoGil to Python 3.12 final, first approach (3.13 not ready enough)
** QtAsyncio: Improvements to catch keyboard interrupts
** QtAsyncio: Introduce QtAsyncio.run() function as the new recommended method to launch QtAsyncio programs.

===14. December 2023===
* General
** Python 3.12.1 and 3.11.7 are out
* Infra & Releases
** Preparing 6.5.4, 6.2.11 LTS releases
* Bugs & Features
** Fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2544 PYSIDE-2544] , DBus issue
** Fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2547 PYSIDE-2547] , DBus signal issue
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2543 PYSIDE-2543], Added QtQuickTest
** Worked on documentation generation
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2551 PYSIDE-2551] - gradle properties update in Android - https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/pull/2918/commits/303e8fb29859075ef142136047efb21c1883acbc
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2439 PYSIDE-2439] - instance of FindPythonIntrep and FindPythonLibs cmake module removed
** Added documentation about Qt bootstrap in python-for-android - https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/pull/2918/commits/92bba625a80753c4ec83323f80bf8c4983062b57
** Currently working on added a test for building a test app with the Qt bootstrap into the python-for-android CI workflow.
** QtAsyncio: Implemented call_soon_threadsafe(), coverage of the event loop infrastructure part of the API should be tentatively finished now
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2404 PYSIDE-2404] Lazy Init abandoned for the moment, too high complexity for part-time work
** Started:
*** Improvement on testing module
*** Migration of PyPy to Python 3.10
*** Update of NoGil status and roadmap

===07. December 2023===
* General
** Some issues with the snippets translation on some classes, and class diagrams.
** PyConUS: CfP ending on December 18th
** QtCS and QtWS last week
* Infra & Releases
** 6.6.1 was released
** Commercial LTS 5.15.16 was released as well
* Bugs & Features
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2230 PYSIDE-2230] Fixed last QML problems with PEP 697 and Python 3.12
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2404 PYSIDE-2404] Restarted work on Lazy Initialization
** PYSIDE-2539 missing links to QFlags issues
** PYSIDE-2215  intersphinx issue that duplicate modules
** QuickTests were added due to a request
** QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII what is the feature? enabling it remove some API.
** Feedback from QtCS
*** Better support in QtCreator (LSP improvements and editing)
*** Mix Debugging with Python code, and the underlying C++ in a simpler way. (What about QML + C++ debugging? does it work?)
*** Documentation on how to do UI testing.
** Fixing wheel testing, and other flaky test
** Flake8 configuration for our code
** PYSIDE-2476 typing issue was addressed, related to bytes
** Calculator example for android (following quick example revamped)
** Nuitka version bump 1.8
** CMake changes on find_python CI was picking the wrong python version.

===30. November 2023===
* General
** Everyone at QtCS!
* Infra & Releases
** 6.6.1 almost ready, delayed by sickness in team
* Bugs & Features
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2524 PYSIDE-2524] Slots with default parameters fixed
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-1931 PYSIDE-1931] Hang when using PSQL over SSH tunnel fixed
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2535 PYSIDE-2535] Diagnosed DBUS issue
** Refactorings/QString usage
** Looked into Qt Creator QML debugging
** Picked Python 3.12 support to LTS 6.5

===23. November 2023===
* General
** QtWS and QtCS next week
* Infra & Releases
** CI is updating Python version from 3.8 to 3.11, we will tweak some CI configuration.
** 6.5 was moved to Commercial LTS in the past days, no more patches to the public repo.
** 5.15.16 commercial LTS was released
** 6.6.1 - three changes are pending wrt the Async story in order to have the RC wheels.
** 5.15.x versions that needs to be released to the public will be soon available.
** A review on the python packages on the installer
** qtpip 0.2 will be work on soon
* Bugs & Features
** Async: there is still a crash that needs to be addressed.
** Scripting presentation (poc)
** diagnosis for singleShot
** modernize Analog Clock example
** QML Debugging story saw the light
** PYSIDE-2534 rejected
** PYSIDE-2535 is currently in research
** Qt 6.7 Adaption started
** PoC PyObject explorer
** Qt Strings story: After some research we noticed some missing operators, so we cannot migrate.
** Upstreamed the python-for-android patch.
** Refactoring the deployment tool a bit
** Working on a Qt Academy course (soon to be published!)
** Working on DS compatibility


===16. November 2023===
* General
** Attended Meeting C++ Conference  ... Reflection in C++ (which would revolutionize bindings generation) still planned for C++ 26
* Infra & Releases
** Preparing for 6.6.1
* Bugs & Features
** Checked whether Clang 17 brings any surprises..works
** Checked [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2524 PYSIDE-2524] .. No viable solution, but some cleanups and performance-related refactorings
** Refine, fixed errors and created upstream pull request in python-for-android - [https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/pull/2918 kivy/ ... /pull/2918]
** Calling the C++ function for singleShot timers doesn't yet work for signals + another case
*** Python arguments need special conversion to C++ for these cases

===9. November 2023===
* General
** Bug fixing week
* Infra & Releases
** Nothing new under the sun
* Bugs & Features
** PYSIDE-2230 SOTP works problems solved. Check-in pending.
*** SbkObjectType changes its type at runtime: was found with logarithmic debug search and fixed.
*** bug_825 problem after update to Python 3 was finally solved: In Python < 3.12 SbkObjectType must have size > PyType_Type, in order to win the base class selection.
** Pushing upstream some enum motivated tasks to Designer.
** Dropping support to setup.cfg in favor of pyproject.toml
** Introducing PySide6_Examples wheel
** discussion about singleShot

===2. November 2023===

* General
** Growing interest from companies using PySide6 and develop QML applications.
** There seems to be a few areas where a tutorial is needed, but we'd require people to open 'Suggestions' to our Bug Tracker https://bugreports.qt.io/projects/PYSIDE/
*** Threading in PySide applications
*** QML project structure
** Internal trip report for PyConES23
** Security training
** https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-703-making-the-global-interpreter-lock-optional-in-cpython-acceptance/37075
* Bugs & Features
** Exploring ways of avoiding download/install artifacts on the CI
** Adding new Examples wheel (we might add extra files for QtCreator)
** Migrating away from the setup.cfg to pyproject.toml
** Executor bug remains, but further research is in progress. (Debugging threads is complicated)
** Simplify algorithm for the multiple inheritance offsets
** PYSIDE-2342 QML singleton when class has a static create factory method
** PYSIDE-2510 Crash with signals on classes that don't inherit from QObject
** QMetaInvoke not taking all the parameters
** 2514 typing issues
** Rebase Rhi compatibility patch
** Designer work on writing fully qualify enums
** PYSIDE-2230 SOTP works continues.
*** SbkObjectType changes its type at runtime so it's generating a side effect on checking the functions, and the size of the binary object.

===26. October 2023===
* General
** Qt World Summit approaching https://www.qt.io/qt-world-summit-2023
** PyConUS website and CfP was announced.
* Infra & Releases
** Releases planned for November
** qtpip will have an independent release cycle
* Bugs & Features
** PEP 697 works continues: hidden structures in our extension types.
*** There is an in place implementation, helping with speed, but the rules are tighter for the rest of the code. Single remaining QML problem is bug_825 (segfault).
** QThread Pool Executor implementation on QtAsyncio finally working, but another issue popped-up. Further debugging is required to address it.
** PYSIDE-2492 uic not writing qualified enums. Changes were pushed to Designer.
** Issues with the not-recommended loadUI function
** qtpip improvements for uninstall mechanism
*** Should PySide2 be handled?
*** Download dependencies improvements.
** PYSIDE-2367 signal disconnect issue with threads, was solved.
** PYSIDE-2342 create function for singleton decorator request, many issues arise on the first PoC
** PYSIDE-2505 kdockwidgets issue
** Catching up with 6.7 current version.
** Re-factoring the multiple inheritance implementation.
** QML Project structure discussion.
** New wheels in the making, for examples and DS

===19. October 2023===
* General
** Artifacts with the blog and text size
** QtWS approaching. Activities and talks planned :D
* Infra & Releases
** 6.6.0 was released
** 6.2.10 to be released soon
** qtpip to be release today
* Bugs & Features
** Extra fields into the type area (hidden elements) is officially supported for 3.12, but not for the Limited API.
*** The idea is to enable the PyPy compatibility in a different way.
** Planned work to continue with lazy imports.
** Fix sizeof struct issue (for 3.12)
** First attempts to provide bindings for Rhi
** PYSIDE-2487 disconnect special cases were reported (@Slot should always be used)
** PYSIDE-2492 Type warnings from uic, related to Enums
** Signature of Signals issues
** qtpip changes:
*** fulluninstall to include m2m wheel
*** OSS wheel detection
*** download conf file always
** ThreadPoolExecutor with asyncio research
** Locale macOS issue was solved
** Improvements to the deployment tool (android)
** examples wheel in the making
** improvements to the cross compilation story

===12. October 2023===

* General
** Overview release process.
** PyConES talk was a succeed! Thanks Adrian
* Infra & Releases
** 6.6 release has been facing some difficulties, two major bugs were found and fixes.
*** Currently there is a refcount issue that made wheels not-usable in 3.12
** 6.2.10 Commercial LTS will be release in the following days.
** qtpip has been having many issues on the CI (but locally works)
* Bugs & Features
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2480 PYSIDE-2480] linker error was fixed
** Static code analysis issues on source and generated code were fixed
** Started a refactor of the QML registration code
** Mock based tests for Android deployment revealed bugs. Fixed them.
** PYSIDE-2485 - Crash in QLocale::bcp47Name. Under Investigation.
** Fixed a bug with QtAsyncio where closing a program with the close button would throw ugly errors.

===5. October 2023===
* General
** Team member on his way to PyCon Spain 2023 https://charlas.2023.es.pycon.org/pycones-2023/talk/NCJBTE/
* Infra & Releases
** 6.5.3 is being released today.
** Commercial LTS 6.2.10 release to be prepared
** Team alignment on the release of Maintenance Tool/Account/qtpip/aarch64
** Bump CI configuration to drop 3.7, due to 6.6 being 3.8+
** Static qtpip build issues on-going
* Bugs & Features
** Fix chart example issue
** Continue research on Python scripting on C++
** PYSIDE-2462 Smart pointer fix
** PYSIDE-2230 Python 3.12 support issue for unicode, and other findings for macOS
** PYSIDE-2080 Linking error was fixed
** Qt 6.7 adapting the API on dev
** 3.12 pending issues are being investigated
*** tp_dict field was modified (no longer guarantee to exist) moved to an interpreter state for some static types.
*** [https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/type.html?highlight=pytype_getdict#c.PyType_GetDict PyType_GetDict] was introduced, and it's not Stable API (on Windows is not exposed)
*** Risky status for to the Limited API (without a tp_dict access) -> an emulator was written, PepType_GetDict, so user types the tp_dict is still around. The rule is that if tp_dict is 0, we create a new one.
*** Enum problems were found a well, but they are now fixed.
** Two new examples adapted for Android (and Python)
** General fixes related to android-deployment of Python applications.
** Starting the request permission API research on macOS

===28. September 2023===
* General
** OKRs updates
** Doc update: 6.6 was branched so the snapshots are updated (needs check)
** Qt Academy: Python course in the making.
** Qt Creator
*** Welcome screen doesn't have any Python examples.
*** API docs are missing and example docs as well.
** Windows 11 added a new feature (Dev Drive) on the FS that might improve compile times.
** GNU Health Con 2023 participation.
* Infra & Releases
** 6.5.3 wheels are ready to be tested. Available next week.
** 6.2.10 Commercial LTS in preparation, and re-scheduled.
** Team alignment on the release of Maintenance Tool/Account/qtpip
** aarch64 wheels discussion on distribution
** Bump CI configuration to drop 3.7, due to 6.6 being 3.8+
* Bugs & Features
** Preparation of PyConES presentation: https://charlas.2023.es.pycon.org/pycones-2023/talk/NCJBTE/
** Async: Issue with executors, that have sync tasks. 3.11 has a special treatment.
** Directory structure in projects needs some rules people can follow.
** PYSIDE-2462: New report regarding shiboken advanced usage.
** Fixing integrations and the cherry pick bot (auto pick was misbehave for pyside-setup) - still in discussion
** Python 3.12 still have some issues for the Feature option of the PyTypeObject
** Code analysis on pyside-setup: missing move copy constructors.
** Fixed a couple of QML tests crashes
** Testing android deployment tool (revamping some examples, like multimedia, permission, etc)

===21. September 2023===

*General
**Python 3.12.0rc3 is out, final release scheduled for October 2
*Infra & Releases
**6.6 branched
**6.5.3 preparations
*Bugs & Features
**Fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2465 PYSIDE-2465] (3.11.5 test fail)
**Work on [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2462 PYSIDE-2462] (smart pointer features)
**Refactored options parsing of shiboken
**Fixed clang-tidy static analysis issues
**Android permissions API: Adapt more C++ examples 
**Couple more cleanups and additions to pyside6-android-deploy
**More manual testing of pyside6-android-deploy. Need to write more integration (mocks) for Android deployment.
**Final cleanup and resolving tests for python-for-android Qt for Python patch
**[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2468 PYSIDE-2468] -requestPermission() on macOS. Tricky scenario similar to [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2419 PYSIDE-2419]
**asyncio's requirement to use ThreadPoolExecutor keeps screwing us over, but resolution close

===14. September 2023===

*Infra & Releases
**Testing and fixing qtpip for commercial wheels
*Bugs & Features
**[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2460 PYSIDE-2460] Work on some OpenGL issues, updated hellogl2 example
**[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2461 PYSIDE-2461] Build system for cross build fixes
**[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2463 PYSIDE-2463] Fixed some type hints
**Android auto sdk and nkd download merged.
**Requestpermission API and all android changes set for 6.6 merged. Will write tests in the meantime and do some manual testing with deploying apps.
**patchelf removal for Qfp binaries merged.

===07. September 2023===

*General
**Majority of the team on holiday
*Infra & Releases
**Preparing 6.2.10, 6.5.3, 6.6.0
*Bugs & Features
**PYSIDE-2393 pytest problem with feature is fixed
**PYSIDE-2428 feature problem caused long search, has to be fixed in matplotlib
**Fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2444 PYSIDE-2444] QState.assignProperty - incorrect type annotation
**Fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2454 PYSIDE-2454] Default argument is not used for containers
**Added some number protocol slots [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2446 PYSIDE-2446]
**Research on submodules [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2447 PYSIDE-2447]
**qtpip for commercial wheels polishing touches

===31. August 2023===

*General
**Python 3.11.5 released
**PyCon Spain talk was accepted - Adrian giving a talk for the new Async story, in October.
**People on leave in September
**FF on Qt for Python overview
*Infra & Releases
**Planning 6.6 for the last days of September
***Maintenance Tool update for qt for python
***Features until 12.09
****Feature issues + multiple inheritance
****Async story needs some testing
****Android patches (new modules, plugins, permissions, etc)
****qtpip for commercial wheels
****new QtCreator templates?
**6.2.10 Commercial LTS and 6.5.3
*Bugs & Features
**Lazy imports still in progress, might be available for 6.7
**QmlSingleton crash was fixed
**JIRA was cleaned a bit, many invalid issues
**Signal signatures were adjusted
**PYSIDE-748 additional parameter metamethod (old issue)
**QDataStream read/write data accepting bytes too
**New CMake Qt API has lots of features for qml, resources, etc which might not be too compatible with Qt for Python.
**PYSIDE-2429 macOS deployment min version fixed
**patchelf removal is ready to merge (motivated by android research)
**android: permission API, need some extra testing. Soon ready for review.
**QIODevice buffer object issue was fixed, and is waiting for review (motivated by the async story)
**qtpip development continues.

===24. August 2023===

*General
**New board on JIRA to reflect our work clearly https://bugreports.qt.io/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=262&view=planning.nodetail&issueLimit=100
**Qt Meetups are starting to popup in Berlin and other countries! we might join some of them.
**Discussions around improving the Qt Creator experience and UI creation in general.
**There has been some motivation from Qt/C++ to use more CMake in projects (like for resources), which is negatively affecting the Python projects, due to the lack of CMake in the Python projects.
*Infra & Releases
**Commercial LTS 5.15.15 to be released soon.
**6.5.3 scheduled for the first week of September
*Bugs & Features
**QIODevice::read(char*, qint64) functions are removed, but they are useful for the asyncio story. Discussion on if it's worth exposing them.
**More changes related to QtAsyncIO are ready for review.
**PYSIDE-2417 overflow issue was fixed
**[ot] i18n in the Qt framework
**PYSIDE-2418 connection issue with python overloads
**6.6 documentation has some issues due to the QtGraph new module
**PYSIDE-2423 connecting signals to python callable doesn't properly work - trying to find a proper solution
**PYSIDE-2424 Installing shiboken in a non-standard way discussion - it might not be properly fixed.
**Next Wednesday 10am: session about Shiboken + QtScrypt status
**PYSIDE-2419 locale issue on macOS due to the Info.plist that python includes that overrides the QLocale settings. A bug report was filed upstream, and a workaround is suggested.
**PYSIDE-2421 webengine issue was discussed, it's an Qt/C++ chromium issue.
**CMake FindPython patches are still being worked out, the wrong interpreter is being found.
**patchelf removal is causing some issues with cross compilation.
**qtpip works continues.

===17. August 2023===


*Bugs & Features
**Investigating on PyPySide MI segfault postponed but on To-Do list [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-1991 PYSIDE-1991]
**[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2404 PYSIDE-2404] More Progress in Lazy Initialization
***the optional __getattr__ in module objects was successfully implemented (but is seldom used)
***lazy init of Enums is probably no more needed, covered by the import scheme below
***most common cases like "from PySide6.QtWidgets import QLabel" supported by another __import__ override
***Keep your fingers crossed, testing starts today
**[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2419 PYSIDE-2419] QLocale::language() returns wrong on macOS. 
***Caused by QLocale infrastructure which looks at Info.plist inside the Python interpreter macOS bundle.
***Working on a hack fix after consulting Tor Arne and Eddy.
**Pacthelf removal - cross compilation breaks. Working on a fix.
**[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2421 PYSIDE-2421] - QWebEngineView.print() - rerouted to Qt
***But, might requires an ownership fix in Shiboken once [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-116052 QTBUG-116052] is resolved
**Research - use the .debug files provided by the Qt installer to debug from VSCode.
***Saves time from not building Qt everytime
***Still ongoing
**QtAsyncio: Implementation of asyncio.Server (one open question remains - asyncio API and Qt API don't always match as cleanly as desirable).

===10. August 2023===

*General
**
*Infra & Releases
**
*Bugs & Features
**Patchelf removal only partially possible because of using patchelf on prebuilt Qt binaries. 
***For Qfp binaries patchelf removal under review. MacOS issue being fixed. This is needed for Android.
**Shiboken module cmake installation bug fixed.
**Progressing with Android C++ to Python callback, now that Qfp binaries could be loaded on startup.
**Further investigating on PyPySide MI segfault [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-1991 PYSIDE-1991]
**[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2404 PYSIDE-2404] Progress in Lazy Initialization
***the new dual registration is done and builds the base for concrete lazy init
***lazy init of Enums postponed because
***an undocumented optional __getattr__ in module objects makes it much easier to lazy-load whole classes, first.

===3. August 2023===

*General
**New reports board
**QtCreator support
**Integration cycle on gerrit overview
*Infra & Releases
**CI down next Monday for a few hours
**First tests on linux arm64
**Preparing 5.15.15 Commercial LTS
**qtpip first trials on the CI
*Bugs & Features
**Async research continues, new things are being discovered while is being developed
***Implementing a few new things for improving the support
***Initial patch got merged, but a few others are in the making
**Team contributing to QtAcademy
**SQL queries issues, inconsistencies in the API were fixed
**Build with ninja had some problems regarding mixing stdout and stderr
**Testing initial support for rvalues
**2272 fixing signatures for some qmlRegister* functions
**Examples: new mediaplayer was fully ported
**Example gallery scans now a doc directory for images
**Some other multimedia examples are pending for review
**Team contributing to Qt translations
**Adjusting the deployment tool, and fixing issues with pyenv, and upgrading nuitka
**CMake: adjusting the files to use the new API for finding python, reducing our cmake files
***Considering also the removal of patchelf, and follow the cmake approach
**Lazy initialization of enums is showing a good improvement on the performance

===27. July 2023===

*General
**Shyam wrote trip report to Europython
**Some vacations starting soon for some team members
**Got some cool t-shirts (internal only so far) - Is there interest for merch?
*Infra & Releases
**6.5.2 released
**Some LTS releases soon as well
**Issues on the CI (RHEL8.6) and python interpreter.
**Formalization of release besides wheels on PyPI and account.qt.io
**Soon to enable CI on qtpip
*Bugs & Features
**[ext] designer issue, translations
**PYSIDE-2402 QtHttpServer module was missing on Windows
**QSql methods were un-deprecated (module seems to need more love)
**Port QtGraph example
**AsyncIO module: there is a second change in preparation
**Finally the android issue we had was solved. It seems that patchelf was breaking our binaries, and now we are using a cmake approach instead.
**Enable unity builds for android
**Nuitka will be pinned to a recent version
**PYSIDE-2404 lazy loader research
*Interesting projects we checked
**https://github.com/larryhastings/appeal
**Stable Diffusion
**https://docs.hpyproject.org/en/latest/quickstart.html
**https://github.com/rui314/mold

===20. July 2023===

*General
**Two team members @ Europython 2023
*Infra & Releases
*Bugs & Features
**Implementing transports and protocols of asyncio API
**Lazy importer still under development. Ongoings:
***necessary to register all types without creating them
***turning all PyTypeObject into PyTypeObject valued functions
***quite hard because deeply buried in the generated code

===13. July 2023===

*General
**CI is not behaving, so be cautious
**3.12 beta 4 was released
**Next week some people are going to Europython
*Infra & Releases
**6.5.2 still in progress, waiting to have the RC wheels
*Bugs & Features
**Qt Akademy to prepare a Qt for Python course
**Examples: we might adapt our gallery to https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-115174
**Android: callback issue from C++ to Python, some ideas are around, but the problem persists.
***Might be related to the usage of patchelf.
**Research on Lazy loader continues
***Some ideas are behaving well at the moment, but still being tested.
***We might need to discover some classes that we cannot initialize lazily (manual code injection, need init before usage)
**We need some reviews for the eventloop patch (asyncio)
**An enum class with an issue for stubs.
**qtpip work continues
**Some good-first-issue are planned for the project, so more contributors can join us!

===6. July 2023===

*General
**PySide 6.6 will support Python 3.8+
**Python 3.12 support will be back-ported to 6.5 only, and not 6.2
*Infra & Releases
**6.2.9 commercial lts was released yesterday.
**6.5.2 RC wheels to be tested.
**5.15 open commercial lts tags are in the pyside/pyside-setup repo.
**qtpip configuration file being improved and updated
**ARM CI host configuration continues
*Bugs & Features
**Removal of old enums was finished
**Starting to work with lazy loaders for enums
**First iteration of the asyncio support for the qt eventloop, tests are being prepared.
**PYSIDE-2370 cross compilation issue, might be related to host python, provided some options to try.
**Android issue, we cannot get C++ callbacks to Python. Might be related to a python version incompatibility.
**Preparing a contribution back to python-to-android
**Rewriting some enum code
**Add mediaplayer demo in qtdoc for python (some issues with qml)
**Add document viewer qtdoc example
**PYSIDE-2381 QSettings issue
**pyside6-lupdate issues related to encoding.
**qtpip works continues

===29. June 2023===

*General
**Next maintenance break in August.
*Infra & Releases
**6.5.2 postponed until next week
**6.2.9 Commercial LTS soon to be released (a new qt build)
**5.15.15 LTS in the next weeks
**ARM CI host still in progress
**Brainstorming some additional matrix testing infra for Python versions
**Tags for OSS and new LTS public releases (IFW ticket)
*Bugs & Features
**Research on scripting continues
**Designer related features/ QtCreator
**Memory leak related to REG is solved
**New icon theme for examples coming
**Some qdoc examples might be enabled for Python
**Enum removal is still generating detail discussions
***Two implementation versions are suggested.
***The old ones were written in C++ so the startup time is a lot slower
***Lazy generator is helping a A LOT
**Android dev build - unity had some complications
**Async event loop work, last issues were addressed.
***still some network io features are missing
**[Research] PySide components for QtDS needs to follow QtDS release cycle rather than Qt.


===21. June 2023===

*General
**PyPI limit increase for PySide6-Addons
**PySide 6.6 might have support for Python 3.8+ (due to Python 3.7 EOL in a week)
**Python 3.12b3 is out - test!
**Qt Contributor Summit
***General session + maybe another one for specific topics.
*Infra & Releases
**6.2.9 is ready, but waiting for Qt/c++ release
**6.5.2 release date is next week.
**Tags for OSS and new LTS public releases
*Bugs & Features
**Android research: extra functionality is there, and working on bluetooth/permission integration with a device (example)
**PYSIDE-2364 Invalid syntax on a pyi file
**Continue with the old enum removal.
***Maybe delayed initialization to improve startup time.
**AsyncIO eventloop work continues
**Research for scripting continues
**6.6 adaptations
**Fix Enum issue with clang with invalid hex

===15. June 2023===

*General
**Going to EuroPython
**Participation in Qt Academy
*Infra & Releases
**6.2.9 LTS to be released
**NFS issues in the CI, being worked on.
**ARM host on CI experiencing some issues.
***Some preliminary wheels were generated in order to test.
***Might help the Android story, but this needs to be confirmed.
*Bugs & Features
**Async research revisited
***Testing eventloop wrapping
**Memory leak issue still needs to be fixed (hopefully for 6.5.2)
**Examples in Qt revamp
**Translations and fixes for 6.6
**Discussion about Enums implementation
**Scripting on C++ research continues
**PYSIDE-1735 removing old enums continues
**Android improvements in review
***Adding more modules
**QVariant enum change (temporary patch until Qt7)
**shiboken_generator research to make it publicly available (libclang dependency)

===8. June 2023===

*General
**Python 3.11.4 released, 3.12.0beta2
**PySide6-addons reaching the 10G limit on PyPI
*Infra & Releases
**6.5.1.1 released due to a regression (introduced by a mem leak fix)
**Maintenance Tool > wheels
***Special case for M2M protocols to be tested
**CI on arm64 continues (Linux and Windows)
*Bugs & Features
**Fixed some type-hint related issues PYSIDE-2357/PYSIDE-2331/PYSIDE-2340
**Scripting research
**Qt pip tool has updated the configuration file and wheels to continue the work on the new tool
**QVariant PyEnum issue -> solution for review
**Android work continues: improving the dependency detection
**PYSIDE-2335 unraisable is finally checked in (the current solution works, it could be improved but low prio -> xml definitions)
**PYSIDE-2354 type error due to the usage of Generic (related to 939) - related to cpython issue
**PYSIDE-1735 old enums removal started
**Example tunings
**Bug fixing week

===1. Juni 2023===

*General
**Europython - call for first time speakers (open to anyone)
**Waiting until API review to move dev to 6.6
**New Epic/User Stories policy
**Participating into Qt Academy
*Infra & Releases
**6.5.1 released, a leak fix is causing issues with signal connections.
***Initially we thought it was purely functools.partial but there are other cases that are not working.
***Testing alternative solutions, otherwise we revert
***In any case a 6.5.1.1 will be out soon
**Need to test the new conf file for the commercial wheel install mechanism
**5.15 needs to skip libclang16
**Testing maintenance tool with a license without Qt for Automation (for wheel check)
**JIRA release versions are pending.
*Bugs & Features
**(External) Designer fonts issues
**PYSIDE-2347 metaobject tool missing types
**Scxml events missing connections.
**Scripting research (check report)
**Leak research continue
**Issue with new example state machine to be solved (event handling)
**PYSIDE-1930 PYSIDE-2239 QVariant Enum issue, the fix is out, but we need some tests.
**Finish the problem with unraisable exceptions
***Discussion on special cases with a run function
***Blocking functions are still an issue, because we cannot break
**PYSIDE-2354 typing.Generic issue with inheritance in progress
**PyTest research continues

===25. Mai 2023===

*General
**QtWS - One talk accepted
**Europython - One talk accepted
*Infra & Releases
**6.5.1 one issue was found, so release will be available once we merge the fix.
**5.15.14 to be release soon.
**CI arm64 experiments continue
**Asking about M2M wheels on the maintenance tool, for 6.6
**Solving LTS issues of missing tags on public repo, might take some time.
*Bugs & Features
**Evaluating shiboken6_generator to be published on PyPi
**Few small fixes around the project (release preparation, new features, small bugs, doc issues)
**QtScrypt experimental work continues
**Permission API added (motivated by the android support)
**Improvements for the android deployment.
**Trying to fix an issue of getting Enums to Ints
**Delayed exceptions work continues, trying to fix some corner cases still.
**Starting to explore PEP 658
**Research on PyTest compatibility
**[Designer] Fixing some issues, and warnings

===18. Mai 2023===

*Infra & Releases
**6.5.1 Preparations
**5.15.14 Preparations
*Bugs & Features
**Fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2325 PYSIDE-2325] typesystem incomplete
**Fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2328 PYSIDE-2328] Segmentation fault/access violation when connecting signal of temporary object
**Fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2329 PYSIDE-2329] Signal connections with init kwargs
**Reverted temporarily the delayed exception patch, in order to not block the 6.5.1 release. This should be discussed at the next meeting
***Fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2310 PYSIDE-2310]
***Fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2321 PYSIDE-2321]

===11. Mai 2023===

*General
**Python Users Berlin meetup talk today
**Europython, QtWS
**Qt FF 02.06
**Android team «ketchup»
**Example revamp update
***Quick examples needs to be ported to loadFromModule (Quick3D, QuickLocation, missing)
*Infra & Releases
**6.5.1 to be release around 15.05 -> shifted to next week.
***https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2310 regression
***https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2299 memory leak
**5.15.14 to be release around 16.05
*Bugs & Features
**Fixing regressions issue related to threads - delayed exceptions
**https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2321 event handlers issues
**https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-1951 virtual method override - still in progress
**https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2230 3.12 support
**nogil research continues - mutex might slow down things, but doing a proper division of the code could help.
**QML example tutorials - one review pending
**2313 longtype issue with numpy
**examples revamping - loadFromModule
**Icon library -> icon theme soon available on a new module.
**PYSIDE-2316 sharedpointer template issues
**Shiboken refactoring
**Finally the memory leak is fixed
**Enhancing android story, detection of modules, finding dependencies, got ideas from the current qt/c++ tool.
**Build infrastructure, setup.py install has been deprecated since 3.11 - looking into a new build infrastructure.
**Internal technical talks
***Shiboken generating bindings
***Shiboken for documentation generation
***type hints generation
***QML integration via decorators

===4. Mai 2023===

*General
**Europython talk by Shyam still under consideration
**Qt for Android catch up meeting scheduled for 09/05/2023
**Discussion with kivy developers done on discord. They seem to be onboard with the Qt support.
*Infra & Releases
*Bugs & Features
**Android Deployment Enhancements - Bringing pyside6-android-deploy at the level of androiddeployqt - Ongoing
**python-for-android PR Enhancements - Ongoing
**PYSIDE-1951 super().__lt__ global solution ongoing
**[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2206 PYSIDE-2206] QML examples/tutorials revamping
**PYSIDE-2221 Python runs NoGil version of mandelbrot.py 7.7 times faster on a 10-code M1 machine
**[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2288 PYSIDE-2288] Fixed Clang 16 support for 6.6/6.5.
**PYSIDE-2310 Crashing without error reporting in Qt-based threads, debugging
**PYSIDE-2299 Ongoing, current attempt fixes most tests but leaves some SegFaults, might be a dead-end.

===27. April 2023===

*General
**Planning collaboration with other projects like Kivy, towards a better mobile support.
**QtWS talks submitted
**PyConES, PyConPT, PyConAPAC
**Qt for Android catching up meeting
**Bug fixing week
*Infra & Releases
**5.15.8 wrong source code was published PYSIDE-2297
*Bugs & Features
*PYSIDE-1951 super() and `__lt__` operator issue related to our wrapper.
*asyncio work continues
*enhancements for python-for-android to improve the android stories
*pyside6-android-deploy polished as well
*2299 memory leak might have special cases related to the callback
*clang16 is giving some issues in Qt
*Icon examples libraries for the python examples research
*Snippet translator improvements

===20. April 2023===

*Bugs & Features
**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-2285 PYSIDE-2285] Type hints / Tuples
**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 🤞
**[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-1564 PYSIDE-1564] Final approach was implemented with a new super() class. But This approach was not helpful. Issue finally closed.
**[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-1951 PYSIDE-1951] A solution was finally found and implemented. Trying to improve.
**[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2304 PYSIDE-2304] Issue resolved, Cooperative Multiple Inheritance explained with a custom example, customer is happy
**[https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2299 PYSIDE-2299] Cause for memory leak has been found, but fix will not be trivial (might require extensive refactoring in worst case).
**Debugging QtAsyncIoEventLoop, partly functional but still early.

===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
**6.5.0 released, but one missing DLL on windows for people without hw acceleration.
***To be fixed in 6.5.1
**6.2.8 LTS to be released this week
**Improving current state of the maintenance tool for Python
**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-711-pybi-a-standard-format-for-distributing-python-binaries/25547
**Qt Design Studio integration is on research
*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
**Packing use-cases
**Europython CfP: https://ep2023.europython.eu/cfp
*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
**Re-added QtLocation
**Added larger examples for QtLocation, QtDataVisualization
**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
***PyErr_Fetch/Restore does ref counting, and not borrow ref
**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-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
***Not a general solution, but a good approach (compatible with a competitor).
***Working on a full support to handle multiple inheritance

===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
***https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/60074#issuecomment-1430115581
***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
**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
**How to make our API better for pathlib?
**3.11.2 released, 3.10.10 as well
**https://peps.python.org/pep-0675/
*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:
***[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
**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 [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2204 PYSIDE-2204 qt.conf encoding]
**Fixed bugs in pyside6-metaobjectdump (QML) [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2202 PYSIDE-2202] , [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2203 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
***[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.
**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