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==2024==
==2025==


===20. June 2024===
=== 3. July 2025 ===


* General
* General Topics
** Interviews going on for a new position and internship.
** Planning on some new tutorials or demos, and examples https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-136955
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** 6.7.2 was released last Tuesday
** macOS issue on setting the virtual environment was fixed
** QtDS package is currently awaiting approval from the team.
** 3.13 to be enabled soon
** 6.8.4 commercial LTS is the next release.
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** Android wheels patch integrating. Windows signing issue hopefully fixed.
** 64bit enumeration was implemented
** PYSIDE-2781 - Nuitka sporadic failure with Python 3.12. Collaborating with Kay, and with help from ctismer, the issue is fixed. Was caused due to bytecode handling of Nuitka.
** signals and threads clarification (and docs)
** PYSIDE-2702 - Flatpak progressing. Discussion with QtCreator led to the impression that an Flatpak extension would be better than Flatpak Baseapp.
** Qt Python Scripting cleanup
*** This enable PySide6 to be bundled with the QtCreator flatpak app
** Free threading Python changes, threads sanitizer on windows for testing. Few new crashes on linux were discovered, most things work but our stress test is failing.
** Follow-up patches from the internal QtAsyncio presentation.
** 3132 Item delegate crash was fixed, and other minor bugs.
** There are two functions in asyncio that are not properly documented.
** Finalizing pending QtDS tutorial
** Type hints:
** Addressing some warnings from pyside6-deploy (qrc files)
*** Discussion about updating the generator, in order to use 3.10+ notation (even if we are compatible with 3.9). Possibility to use 'from __future__ import annotations'
** pyside6-deploy: Nuitka bumped to 2.7.1
** PYSIDE-2701 - Binary reduction approach ideas
** CMake changes: updating the C++ binding related examples (where header files are in use)
** QtDS exporting python files will be started soon.
*** This might affect Python/C++ code from many existing applications (documenting it)
** Improved QML integration being studied.
** scikit-core compat changes
 
*** Investigate outsource builds
*** passing all our parameters to it


===13. June 2024===
=== 26. June 2025 ===


* General
* General Topics
** Python 3.9 story: the decision was made without considering that 3.9 is still getting security releases, so we have decided to keep supporting Python 3.9 for PySide 6.8 LTS, but we might drop it in the middle of some bug-fix releases.
** We need to catch up with the notes about some of the on-going processes: https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/pyside/pyside-setup/+/652346
*** Things that are considered to support certain python versions are: Internal CI Python versions for each OS, Python version lifecycle https://devguide.python.org/versions/, features that will improve user experience from new versions.
** Future discussion on new Python Courses for Qt Academy
*** Python stubs (pyi) might be compatible with 3.10+
** Qt Group is sponsoring EuroPython 2024: and we will give a talk!
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** 6.7.2 packages are ready to be released.
** CI: Fail to create env problem is still around (seems to be machine-related) - we could disable that config.
** Boot2Qt had a few issues that were solved.
** uv research still pending.
** Starting process to test windows arm64 (discussion around libclang)
** 3.13 configs still pending.
** Nightly builds:
*** Possible solution for linux and macOS arm64 android builds.
*** Maybe also for non-unity builds? it has been failing in some corner cases.
*** We could have dev-android branch so we don't block the normal dev development.
*** nightly builds merge automatically if everything passes.
*** PyPy integrations might join a similar configuration as well.
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** Android wheels from macOS host through coin successful. Assembling the final patch. Coin still running tests for an Android build and error-ing still needs to be resolved.
** Free threading
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2702 PYSIDE-2702] - Flatpak base app implementation started.
*** The current researched approach with our own lock is not the best solution for PySide.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2781 PYSIDE-2781] - pyside6-deploy failure investigation ongoing. Could be a Nuitka issue. User using the latest Nuitka.
*** We have proof other people not picking this approach, and go with a sub-interpreter one: https://discuss.python.org/t/is-free-threading-our-only-option/91775
** Working on improve our typing implementations.
*** A different approach might be needed
** QtAsyncio: internal presentation including the theory behind and some live examples.
*** Our current testing infra is not enough to simply write tests for nogil python, and many hiccups have been found.
** Lazy load: disabled for PyPy, fixing some shiboken-tests
*** Some tests cannot be replicated after some issues, so the nondeterministic behavior is a big challenge.
** QtScrypt: development continues
** Qt AsyncIO notes
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2780 PYSIDE-2780] refcount bug in the lazy import fixed
*** A few ideas on how to finish the implementation was shared
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2751 PYSIDE-2751] 3.13 compatibility patches are ready, nogil under development
*** The TCP protocol was initially implemented
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2701 PYSIDE-2701] reduction of binary sizes under investigation, estimating the achievable reduction
*** New tests were provided to continue the development in the future (using an asyncio event loop)
** Some small tutorial to debug Python and C++, might need a follow-up
** Qt Creator discussion with people using old PySide versions, and using the new pyproject.toml approach.
** Cross building support on shiboken
*** yocto was not affected
*** we might need to check if iOS works
** PYSIDE-3095 small fix to pyside6-project
** Qt Python Scripting
*** Small internal API review
*** Cleanup
** To catch-up with the cmake improvements to our build system (orthogonal to the scikit-core research)
*** this will allow us to properly have the module as projects configures to be find them.
*** In the future, we will simplify our CMakeLists.txt for hybrid applications, a lot!
** iOS research continues
*** Cross compiling is still an issue due to the shared/static
*** OpenGL issue has a workaround, but still researching on the underneath
*** Waiting for shiboken to have compatibility with cross compiling to check if it works.


===06. June 2024===


* General
 
** Maintenance work next week will keep the CI offline (Monday morning, phase I + Wednesday, phase II)
=== 19. June 2025 ===
** PySide 6.8 will support Python 3.10+
* General Topics
** Must read https://peps.python.org/pep-0741/
** Possible marketing support for the project
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** Some issues with the macOS CI units.
** Research on enable 3.13 via pyenv continue
** Local raspberry pi 4 (aarch64) for testing: 10.9.78.82
** To investigate errors while creating venvs
** qtpip 0.1.2 release: mostly issues around the commercial version tag and the usage of '+' and '.'
** 6.5.6 commercial LTS was released.
** 6.7.2 release will happen soon (due to an issue with designer)
** the Python 3.9 macOS CI configuration will be updated to 3.11, and the windows with 3.11 will be updated to 3.12
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2622 - Standalone mode for Deployment as per many requests from users
** QtWidgets apps on iOS still in research
** Deployment tests fixed with a custom PySide6 build. There might be corner cases that were missed.
*** Some issues with the qt libraries, duplicate symbols.
** https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/pyside/pyside-setup/+/537466 ready, but waiting for macOS x86_64 to update Python to 3.11 - https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qt5/+/565565/4 (Thanks Simo)
*** Some discussion with others about shared/static libraries for iOS (Qt doesnt' seems to be able to work properly) - shared libs for iOS task is not prioritized yet.
** Patches ready for updating python syntax to drop typing.Optional (and use | instead) that will go in once we drop 3.9
** CMake discussion to enable Qt Bridges from the PySide build system.
** Preparing presentation and improvements to QtAsyncio
*** The problem is our current build structure, where we build shiboken first and then pyside patching paths.
** PYSIDE-2440 will be prepared.
*** We might introduce an option to enable this configuration.
** op codes changing in Python, is altering some of our internal implementation, like the forgiveness mode.
** Add QtMultimedia libraries (libav*) to the android wheels.
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2751 planned work for the no-gil feature in Python 3.13
** Documenting more open research topics (QtAsyncIO, Disable GIL, Debugging, Class properties, PyPy) and maybe more.
** smart pointers with lazy loading were not working, but a fix was merged.
** Fix enumeration issues in Qt Designer
** Qt Designer had a regression that motivated 6.7.2
** libxst issues at build time were addressed
** Qt 6.8 adaption taking a lot of work due to doc changes and QtGraphs
** Research: cross build for shiboken to recognize targets PYSIDE-3105. To support both approaches
** PYSIDE-2772 issue ended up being a user problem
*** <code>list(APPEND shiboken_command "--platform=${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" "--arch=${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}" "--compiler-path=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")}</code>
*** <code>list(APPEND shiboken_command "--clang-option=--target="aarch64-none-linux-android"" "--compiler-path=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")</code>


===30. May 2024===
=== 12. June 2025 ===
* General Topics
** QtDS Tutorial still pending
* Infra & Releases
** RTA discussion on PySide
** SBOM research pending, but will be addressed
** Evaluating using 3.13 in some of our CI nodes
* Bugs & Features
** Newly discovered missing dll/so on android wheels (libav* from ffmpeg)
** Flatpak baseapp is now shipping tools (after users requests)
*** Waiting for the webengine baseapp to be merged
** Alexandru helping with some CMake changes we are trying to incorporate into pyside, in order to improve the discoverability of the installed packages.
** iOS research
*** Small Qt application is working at the moment (QTimer log example)
*** shiboken python module works.
*** QtGui and QtWidgets needs special handling from iOS side
*** Trying the XCode simulator (to avoid usage of the physical device) - architecture issues when built (mismatch on intel/apple silicon)
*** Note from android: there was a missing opengl component, that needed to be added.
** Started to documenting a few of the on-going initiatives/patches.
*** Disable GIL, QtAsyncIO, etc
** Regression 6.9.1 - QGraphicsView that was fixed
** ActiveQt issues lead to discovering that we could use the meta object in order to enable Enums on Qt Designers
** Discussion about Enum declared within a Python class, and declaring properties with that on the same class (python limitation)
** Planning on maybe adapting shiboken for easy cross build functionalities.


* General
=== 5. June 2025 ===
** PySide 6.8 will most probably support Python 3.10+
* General Topics
** Evaluating arm64 wheels for Windows
** Bug Fixing week
** KDE Akademy 2025 - We hope to be there!
** Checking other events we might participate.
** Checking out wheelnext: https://wheelnext.dev/
** Should we really go full on Free threaded Python? https://discuss.python.org/t/is-free-threading-our-only-option/91775
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** Discussion about the Qt for Python in boot2qt
** 6.9.1 and 6.5.9 were released.
** PyPy releases has been on hold due to some internal CI problems.
** Discussion about release practices for a commercial customer (medical)
** Commercial packages will now be available on the following day after community packages.
*** How should we proceed with SBOMs? Will be tested in some time.
** qtpip is planned to support aarch64
*** Qt-Security annotation for critical code https://contribute.qt-project.org/quips/23
** 6.5.6 commercial lts will be released next week
**** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-135177
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2766 PYSIDE-2766] - Android wheels from macOS successful. Patches for review.
** PYSIDE-3187 std::optional handling from new qt api (having an intrinsic type rather than a separate one)
*** Testing a sample app now + Modifying https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/pyside/pyside-setup/+/537466
** Trying QRangeModel for some Python examples. (new api in 6.10)
** 6.8 adaption is in progress [qtcharts is a bit unstable]
** Adapting to 6.10
** c++20 research to improve libshiboken
** Virtual Keyboard issue: missing files for plugins issue was fixed
** qtscrypt progressing to support signal/slot
** PYSIDE-3112 android deployment issue
** dev will support python 3.10+ [for 6.8+]
** Finishing the CMake config files for shiboken/pyside in order to get more options once it's installed. This might help us simplifying use cases like scriptableapplication.
** PYSIDE-2767 pyi improvements.
** Updated flatpak package, and a new issue related to missing tools.
** lazy init for nested types disrupted the smart pointer support.
** iOS research
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2440 type hints optionallity is planned to be implemented.
*** Managed to embed Python in an iOS application
*** there seems to be an issue with linking between so files
*** dynamics libs are needed, but removing a few .so files PySide is not recognized. When removing the frameworks ones, another issue appear, when having them both, there is also an issue.
*** We might need to re-think the OpenGL finds for iOS patches
** QtCreator wizard uses pyproject.toml


===23. May 2024===
=== 29. May 2025 ===
* General
* General Topics
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** Preparing 6.7.1 with a lot of fixes
** Preparing 6.9.1, 6.5.9
** 5.15.17 LTS released
** Further work adapting to 6.10, QRangeModel renamed from QGenericItemModel
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2747 PYSIDE-2747] Fixed PySide to run on Fedora 40 with 3.12-3
** Investigating improving support for std::optional [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-3107 PYSIDE-3107]
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2749 PYSIDE-2749] Worked on a performance regression related to Lazy Init
** Progressing with shipping CMake configs with PySide6 and Shiboken6 wheels. Trickly resolving install time and packaging configuration. Had to resort to patch the CMake configs before packaging.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2758 PYSIDE-2758] Added QQuickWebEngineProfile.setUrlRequestInterceptor()
** QPropertyAnimation constructor annotations fixed [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-3012 PYSIDE-3012]
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2762 PYSIDE-2762] Fixed a type hinting bug
** Continued work on XCode and library binding, minor problems with Python libraries and trying to integrate PySide6 libraries.
** Brushed up and fixed a few examples
** PYSIDE-2221: Status report is in progress for potential handover.
** 6.8 Adaption
** PYSIDE-769:
** Python 3.13 check
*** Integration and activation of QtAsync tests into the test framework.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2751 PYSIDE-2751] Python 3.13 first step towards --disable-gil compatibility (no ob_refcnt)
*** First implementation of a TCP transport; server tests are working.
** pyside6-deploy. Ignore files with .webp, .cpp.o, .qsb and .qen extension as Nuitka errors with them.  
** Close to macOS cross compilation


===16. May 2024===
=== 22. May 2025 ===
* General
* General Topics
** Some updates from PyConUS
** Qt Bridges: We might participate at Akademy
** Qt Bridges: We got an accepted talk https://ndctechtown.com/
** Qt WS: Talk recording might be delayed to be public.
** PyCon IT: Going there to give a talk
** Windows on ARM is getting more attention from other companies.
*** There is currently an issue with OpenGL (not being in Qt, hence not in Qt for Python)
*** FreeCAD requires opengl for some reason :S
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** 5.15.17 commercial lts needs to be re-packaged one more time due to 3rd party components updates.
** 5.15.19 commercial LTS was released
** 6.7.1 release will also be re-packed. LE for release is 20th of May
** 6.9.1 postponed by a regression
** 6.5.9 still pending (security fix)
** We might evaluate uv for CI
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2753 PYSIDE-2753] - Added missing libQt6DeclarativeOpcUa binary to wheels
** We will work on being more compatible with uv (shiboken issue finding dlls)
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2750 PYSIDE-2750] - Added missing libQt6VirtualKeyboardSettings binary to wheels
** iOS research: managed to cross compile the project, but there seems to be an issue still when trying to use it from XCode side of things. We might need to try the setup.py approach rather than CMake.
** Exclude .qsb, .webp, .cpp.o and .qen from deployment due to Nuitka error. Error report raised in Nuitka - https://github.com/Nuitka/Nuitka/issues/2854
** API deprecations that needs to be handle: missing functions on the typesystem and in some test cases. QtXml (QDomDocument) missing new function needs to be added as well (overload issue). Some works needs to be done in the examples as well.
** Working on macOS cross compilation. The clang parser of shiboken generator needs some changes for cross compilation. Tricky changes incoming.
** Thoughts on limiting the disable gil solution that we have at the moment. There has been a lot of crashes and issues by implementing our own locking mechanism.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2748 PYSIDE-2748] - Fixed a type hint error
** QtAsyncIO has been brought up in some community discussions, so we might work more on this. There are many NotImplemented issues around, that would be good to have.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2747 PYSIDE-2747] - Diagnostics and minor fixes for a crash on Fedora, no real fix though
** Qt Python Scripting: Aiming for 6.11, and to find a place to distribute it. Due to the limitation of virtual functions, it's mostly about doing a bit of scripting on top of the Qt/C++ applications. Does it justify it to be a new Qt module? maybe we could use Qt solutions. We need another person to check the API, to have a second opinion.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2711 PYSIDE-2711] - Fixed a bug in QWidget/QObject.parent()
*** There are some ideas of virtual-function override from pybind11, but then we would require shiboken ownership mechanisms, that will increase dependencies (and size)
** Work on type discovery in libshiboken, added helpers to dump internal state, performance considerations
*** Release process of qt-modules is strict.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2620 PYSIDE-2620] - Adapting to 6.8
** PYSIDE-2193 variance in QML Properties. QVariant/PyObjects issues were found and fixed.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2745 PYSIDE-2745] - Fixed a bug with exceptions in 0-delay singleShot timer slots
** Got interest of doing RTA internally, that's generating more reports.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2404 PYSIDE-2404] - Lazy Loading completed by supporting subtypes. This gives 8-9% more performance.
** CMake relocation files shipping that are not being included anymore (headers or cmake files), but got required by Qt Bridges.
** Support for Python 3.13 started - first compatibility before switching to disable-gil
** New cmake variables are being required for Qt Bridges.
** Possibilities explored to lazy load signatures or save space.
** Message handler changes are still pending for CI issues.


===2. May 2024===
=== 15. May 2025 ===


* General
** OKR reviews for the next quarter.
** Got a long document with feedback of a few tools we provided, that will help us improving our tooling!
** Started the planning of moving away from '<file>.pyproject' to 'pyproject.toml' for pyside projects, in order to add options for our tools.
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** 5.15.17 commercial lts needs to be re-packaged due to 3rd party components updates.
** Preparing 6.9.1
** 6.7.1 to be released next week.
** Released 6.5.9
** Add new mechanism to test snapshot wheels.
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2698 PYSIDE-2698] - ListProperty features fixed. Added tests to check all the features.
** Continuing work on 6.10, investingating what the new QGenericItemModel can do for getting data from numpy into Qt
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2705 PYSIDE-2705] - issues with signal disconnect warnings fixed
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2193 PYSIDE-2193] QML property related crash fixed
** macOS cross compilation for Android - stuck on a CMake issue. Progressing well.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-3098 PYSIDE-3098] NumPy problem with Sequence/Iterable conflict in 6.10 solved
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2709 PYSIDE-2709] - Analysis ongoing for this QML registration regression
** qinstallmessagehandler refcount issue fixed
** Work on improving/documenting type discovery in shiboken
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-3078 PYSIDE-3078] QInputDialog get methods accept None as parent.
** Enumeration support in QtScrypt
** Cross-compile iOS and PySide6 is done. Now the test phase.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2676 PYSIDE-2676] - PEP 697 extension in Python 3.12 fixed
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2221 PYSIDE-2221] Free threading research continues.
** BT bug research, cannot be reproduced and application doesn't hang. Connection is not successful.
*** disable-gil first tiny progress in bug hunting. Shiboken Cyclic test works now
*** Issue might require special hw
*** Result used for generating locks in PySide constructors
** Documenting QtAsyncio implementation details.
*** still a few timeout errors and others
*** An internal presentation is being prepared.
** Possible QtAsyncio feature, 'run' supporting context managers.
** macOS cross compilation for android being tried


=== 8. May 2025 ===


===25. April 2024===
* General
* General
** Successful talk at PyCon DE. Good response.
** Team returned form QtWS
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** Preparing 6.7.1
** Preparing 6.9.1
** 5.15.17 Commercial LTS is also soon to be prepared
** sccache seems to be not properly behaving (on windows) because we are not getting enough output.
** PySide6_DS wheel to be adjusted and hopefully be released soon.
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** Added a number of new classes
** Continuing work on 6.10, investingating what the new QGenericItemModel can do for getting data from numpy into Qt Graphs
** PYSIDE-2676 issues on ubuntu (might be related to a windows issue as well)
** Add some functionality to shiboken to accommodate 6.10
** Implementation of Lazy Groups in order to avoid the regression in 6.7.0 due to multiple inheritance.
** Free threading research continues by running intense stress tests
** Alternative for Lazy Groups (Fix for the regression on 6.7.0)
** Ported QtCharts Audio example to Qt Graphs
*** Work on regressions introduced by lazy initialization [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2675 PYSIDE-2675]
** Worked on PYSIDE-3092, issue regarding the collections import. However CI test failed unrelated to patch. Currently working on that.
** Work on a crash in Python 3.12 [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2676 PYSIDE-2676]
** No new update on the error the OpenGL/OpenGLES libraries, for cross-compiling iOS and PySide6
** Fixed memory leaks [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-1617 PYSIDE-1617]
 
** Work on our QML list property support [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2698 PYSIDE-2698]
=== 1. May 2025 ===
** Added pyside6-balsamui (ui tool for pyside6-balsam) - PYSIDE-2629
 
** Also checking out List Property error with `count` and `at` parameters - [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2698 PYSIDE-2698]
* Labor day, no labor to report
** Updating old example (calqlatr) - https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/pyside/pyside-setup/+/523055 for responsive layout
** QtAsyncio: refinements to the current implementation, and solved a bug report.
*** Trying to add support to Keyboard interruptions (handlers)
*** Plan to improve exceptions handling


===18. April 2024===
=== 24. April 2025 ===


* General
* General
** Bug fixing week
** QtWS talk approaching https://www.qt.io/qt-world-summit-2025
** PyConDE (Mon-Wed next week)
** We are evaluating the possibility to sponsor a couple of Python conferences!
** Planning a workshop for TQtC solution engineers (internal)
** There will not be a Qt for Python session during QtCS
** Possibility to include shiboken into the Axivion infra
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** 5.15.17 commercial LTS was postponed to Friday. Still need test on Windows.
** 5.15.19 commercial LTS needs to go out next week, but we are investigating a few CI failures.
** 6.5.6 release planned
** 6.5.9 commercial LTS will be released tomorrow.
** 6.7.1 release has been postponed to the first week of May
** 6.8 public branch is closed, moved to LTS
** DS-compatibility wheel postponed due to CI issues
** Raising python version from 3.8 to 3.10 on a testing ci configuration.
** We might need to create a testing platform in order to check other errors that are not detectable with simple tests.
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** Few new type hints issues from 6.7.0 release, needs to be address on 6.7.1
** Moving new qml integration support content from pyside-setup to the new repository.
** QtAsyncio issue related to Task groups. Tricky, because it can be related to Qt Events.
** Type hints patches to fix PYSIDE-3007 PYSIDE-3012 PYSIDE-3029 (related to the constructors of a few classes, and properties)
** PYSIDE-2629 Adding more Qt-tools to the wheels
** PYSIDE-2352 iOS research: newer versions of Qt and Qt for iOS seems to fix a few issues we had while cross compiling. There is an issue with OpenGL support.
** PYSIDE-2622 Adding a new option to the deploy tool (exposing an option from Nuitka)
** PYSIDE-2221 continue free threading research: an open discussion for ownership issues that were solved in a way that needs confirmation. Stress testing the solutions to avoid thread inconsistency problems.
** PYSIDE-2675 Lazy loading issues with trees of polymorphic classes.
** Cleaning up new bug reports
*** first approach made things less effective
** PYSIDE-3067 newly discovered crash was fixed.
*** The impact of the solution was reduced a bit, by disabling the feature for special multiple-inheritance cases
** Utilities classes were submitted to avoid exceptions in some scenarios.
*** New idea on 'groups' that be handled differently, so we have group or classes grouped and dependant
** PYSIDE-3066 enumerations not restored in QVariant. External contributed.
** 825 qml bug is still around
** PYSIDE-3061 Windows build issue.
*** PYSIDE-2676 seems to be a new approach to fix it
** PYSIDE-3069 Graphics item crash still being investigated.
** A few customer bugs made it the bug fixing week.
** More and more costumer cases are popping up, meaning the usage of PySide is growing :)
** PYSIDE-2675 type discovery code, class inheritance
** PYSIDE-3048 There is an enum issue with type hints that require them to be int. We are still discussing on what's the right solution.
** QtAudio -> QAudio refactory
 
** Virtual function compatibility to modify the signature (from typesystem)
=== 17. April 2025 ===
** PYSIDE-2492 uic issues for Enum compatibility
*** More improvements for Python projects (import options)
** PYSIDE-2685 nan type definition
** Removing code from shiboken
** 6.8 Adaption already started
** PYSIDE-2689 sphinx directives doesn't seems to be compatible with the search context.


===11. April 2024===
* General
* General
** Bug fixing week.
** Easter break, we will back on Tuesday :D
** Qt 6.6.3 Library split broke our release, so we provided 6.6.3.1 as a fix.
** Qt 6.7.0 also had an issue with a binary incompatibility change on QtAudio and QAudio
** Maybe we implement a simple channel of communicating this details, in order to avoid breakage [maybe architect meetings]
** Qt Creator 13 creates venvs automatically. This needs to be revisited to avoid multiple environments to be created.
** New epics with brainstorming ideas.
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** 6.7.0 was released, we found a couple of issues we are trying to solve, and 6.7.1 will soon be released due to a binary compatibility break, and other small breakage.
** qtpip new release planned, after changing the qt version to a previous one. There was an issue with SSL.
** 5.15.17 commercial LTS to be release next week.
** qtpip: we might align the build/test configuration on the CI to be consistent with PySide
** QtDS packages a bit delay due to CI errors.
** Python 3.13 needs to be added to a CI configuration.
** Qt Installer (Maintenance tool) has  still some issues with the structure.
** We might add a special non-blocking configuration for Free threaded python
** Keeping in an eye on PEP751
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** Adding new Qt tools to the wheels (wrappers)
** Cleaning up some of the latest bug reports.
** PYSIDE-2602 special virtual function research
** Addressing the webengine issue for the yocto builds.
** PYSIDE-2669 designer issue
** PYSIDE-3061 Windows debug build failing on pyi generation
** PYSIDE-2675 Addressing the lazy import issues that were found in 6.7.0
** 6.10 adaption in the horizon.
*** Studying the possible solution, but it needs to consider other cases as well.
** Continue the disable-gil support
*** the *-import handling seems to be related, and affecting the mro content, duplicating some entries.
*** Checking the previous patches to see if they are still relevant, but it seems a few things changed.
*** the type discovery handler might be related as well
*** There seems to be an issue with calling super with arguments
** Still working on the qml 825 bug issues.
** iOS support continues, the cross compilation process still has a few issues (QtCore).
** There seems to be a few type hints issues that are still not fixed, due to not being too simple.
** Removing tomlkit dependency from pyside6-project
** multilib support for yocto builds
 
=== 10. April 2025 ===


===4. April 2024===
* General
* General
** Large part of the team at conferences/on Easter holiday
** Internal dry-run for our QtWS talk in a couple of weeks.
** We don't have a session for the Qt Contributor Summit
** We are looking forward to be around Akademy this year https://akademy.kde.org/
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** Released 6.6.3.1 release with fixes for Quick Controls/Multimedia
** Maintenance break last Monday left some issues in the CI
** Preparing for 6.7.0
** PySide6_DS is missing from the qt org on pypi, will add later
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2646 PYSIDE-2646] Improved cleanup of signal manager objects
** PYSIDE-3012 type hints: still working on the last issue.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2662 PYSIDE-2662] Fix for a signal in OpcUA
** PYSIDE-3021 type hints: was fixed
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2663 PYSIDE-2663] Fixed a crash in webengine bindings
** Continue the research on iOS support: still trying to cross compile pyside with a iOS python. Trying other deployment tools that could help us with the process. Dealing with the static/dynamic shiboken libs (static requirement from iOS)
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2668 PYSIDE-2668] Fixed an error in enums
** Planning to make Qt Python Scripting available.
** Addressing a couple of deployment issues
** Brainstorming and creating our presentation for QtWS
** Finalizing properties and tests for the new qml integrations.
** PYSIDE-2221 continues: Testing different strategies to reach gil-less Thread Safety
*** - cannot simply replicate the GIL
*** - ongoing: automate the working bucket examples from nogil with cppgenerator


===28. March 2024===
=== 3. April 2025 ===
* General
* General
** We are probably presenting at QtWS!
** Check our PyPI organization page: https://pypi.org/org/Qt/
** https://peps.python.org/pep-0751/ https://peps.python.org/pep-0768/
** There will be a local meetup in Berlin, where Shiboken will be mentioned and explained a bit https://www.meetup.com/pyberlin/events/306654979/
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** Prepared 6.6.3.1 release; 6.6.3 was unfortunately broken due to missing libraries (Quick Controls/Multimedia)
** 6.8.3 and 6.9.0 were released.
** Android wheels for 6.9.0 were generated differently for a CI NDK misconfiguration.
** Flatpak releases are waiting for the webengine flatpack update first.
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2654 PYSIDE-2654] Fixed multiple inheritance when no __init__ is in a subclass
** Adding property support for QML bridges
** Still investigating a crash on Ubuntu with Python 3.12 and bug_825.py . The crash is deeply hiding in Qt6.
** Minor changes to the deployment tool, and qtpip
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2652 PYSIDE-2652] Fixed an int overflow
** Working on the presentation for QtWS
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2649 PYSIDE-2649] Work on building without OpenGL
** Continue the research for iOS support, it seems there are a few issues with the other frameworks that support it.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2653 PYSIDE-2653] Fixed a syntax error in type hints
*** Distributing apps on iOS is tricky, it requires a Dev account ($$), with a free account you can only upload the app with a cable for 7 days, and then it expires (We wonder what would happen with data)
*** For uploading, you need to turn-on developer mode, which raises a message of "privacy being reduced"
*** iPad applications seems to have the same behavior.
** Might check https://github.com/benfogle/crossenv and https://github.com/beeware/mobile-forge
** PYSIDE-3059 was fixed
** PYSIDE-3012 was updated with new suggestions
** Free threading Python support continues PYSIDE-2221
*** A few changes we had for nogil are not necessary anymore.
*** Our mandelbrot example didn't show a good performance. After discussion with CPython core devs, there was an issue on Python 3.13.{1,2} (not on 3.13.0) that made some slowness. (On M1 it was 8x faster, but now it was 4.3x, the speed lost causes are still in research)
*** https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/131989


===21. March 2024===
=== 27. March 2025 ===
* General
* General
** Ideas to improve the module.
** A few comments on the state of the auto-generated documentation in our telegram group. We expect the community to help us by filing issues they find (per page) so we can try to address them.
** Most of the team is going on vacation the following weeks.
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** 6.7.0 to be released the first week of April [delayed]
** Status of 6.8.3
** 6.2.12 Commercial LTS to be release in the following days [delayed]
*** Android NDK change is still updating. We might use some additional wheels for the release.
** 6.6.3 to be release next week [delayed]
*** Flatpak update will be done as well.
** Status of 6.9.0
*** New NDK is already there, and the tests have succeed.
*** Branching 6.9.0 today/tomorrow after last changes
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** 6.8 adaption patches are being worked
** PYSIDE-3054 settrace bug was addressed, it was more important and difficult that we thought. Even some extra time was added to the import phase due to the recursion.
** PYSIDE-2638 fix crash QLayout when None is passed
** Leaving the handling of Exception aside for shiboken.
** Documentation updates: for tooling and examples.
** Type hints issues are still being addressed.
** QtRhi missing API provided
*** PYSIDE-3047 Debug option in Qt generates extra code in PySide, interfering with the wrappers. Function returns a qDebug rather than a QPolygon.
** Memory leak regression being worked out
*** Other issues were addressed PYSIDE-3050 PYSIDE-3055 PYSIDE-3056 PYSIDE-3058
** Shiboken Qt namespaces patches being cherry picked to previous versions.
** Research on project structures to be more compatible with Xcode
** Android deployment and qml tool documentations
** PYSIDE-3052 QMessageLogger and fix qInstallMessageHandler
** Android wheels generation on the CI process is being improved.
** Bumping the nuitka version we use for pyside-deploy (2.6.8)
** Debugging deep into Nuitka to understand a problem with the lazy loading functionality.
** Docs on debugging QtQuick app on QtCreator was missing a reference to create a QQmlDebuggingEnabler globally.
** QAsyncio bug fixed
** qtpip - download android commercial wheel shows wrong wheel name on stdout- being fixed.
** Adding more tools docs pages for our tools.


===14. March 2024===
=== 20. March 2025 ===
* General
* General
** PyConDE schedule is out, don't miss Shyam's talk https://pretalx.com/pyconde-pydata-2024/talk/W7YDRX/
** PyPI organizations accepted Qt!
** Python 3.13.0a5 is out.
** We heard about https://wheelnext.dev/ it seems some ideas could be beneficial.
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** 6.7.0 in preparation, docs adjustments and new pages will come. Branching on Monday.
** A few issues in our CI in the last weeks (fixed now)
** 6.2.12 LTS release in preparation.
** Qt 6.8.3 new snapshot coming
** 6.6.3 will be release next week.
** Qt 6.9.0 (internal rc2 to test)
** qtpip 0.1.1 to be released
** We will move 'dev' to use Python 3.10+
** dev is already Python 3.8 free, and we support 3.9+ for 6.7+
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** Triaging and fixing issues in general: 2638 layout crash.
** Windows on ARM wheels are ready after a couple of issues (linking) were fixed.
** PYSIDE-2690 namespaces support continues
** PYSIDE-3049 - Missing plugin for qmllint (fixed)
** Lazy initialization got merged
** QML Bridges: Working on properties.
*** New improvements might land in future versions
** PYSIDE-3052 - QMessageLogger missing class (in progress)
** PYSIDE-2635 OpcUA example problem
** Working on merging the contributions on QtRemoteObjects
** PYSIDE-2633 remoteobjects issue
** PYSIDE-2854 - Support for [colocated objects|https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/pyside/pyside-setup/+/632241] in shiboken (structs issue, might support c++ unions)
** Using new icons on the examples
** PYSIDE-3040 GTK Theming issue with PySide install
** Testing libclang 18
** Qt 6.10 adaption continues
** QObject.connect bug when a callable is a QObject (workaround with manual overload)
** Speed of overriding methods (previously cached) - new fix is improving the performance, but duck-punching was not properly working.
** QIOPipe implementation for QAsyncio (base in the Qt/C++ one)
*** Can this be excluded from the caching?
** New use cases for QAsyncio and aiohttp
** The list of new improvements for type hints keeps growing (which is good!) so many issues has been solved.
** permission API changes got merge
** We might need to find a solution for the implicit conversions we do (like qdatetime/py_datetime)
** android wheel compilation was adapted for qt 6.7.0 (PR on python-for-android was merged)
** Discussion about Optional and pointer arguments that have a default value.
** PYSIDE-1639 QLocale issue was fixed
** Some property types (public class variables) are missing type information
 
=== 13. March 2025 ===


===07. March 2024===
* General
* General
** Participation in FOSS Backstage
** QtCS: We need to submit talks in case we want to attend.
** Tomorrow Python 3.14a6 will be released https://peps.python.org/pep-0745/
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** 6.5.5 Commercial LTS was released
** Windows on ARM research continues and looks good! managed to fix an issue, but a new issues was found on samplebinding. The issue might be related to missing OpenGL.
** 5.15.13 OSS Package will be released tomorrow
** 6.9.0rc might be released tomorrow, which means PySide6 FF will be due.  
** qtpip 0.1.1 release delayed
* Bugs & Features  
** Python 3.8 deprecation is still pending due to CI configuration dependencies.
** Many new type hints bugs being reported :)
* Bugs & Features
** Smart pointers exclusion issues fixed (shiboken)
** permission api changes are mostly merged, one pending https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/pyside/pyside-setup/+/536759/15
** Designer and Linguist tools fixes (External)
** all deployment fixes are in.
** Helping the remoteobject contributions to work better.
** lazy initialization work continues, and some issues were fixed already.
** Documentation checks and 6.10 adaption.
*** Ubuntu 22.04 | Python 3.10.2 |is showing an issue with scriptableapplication
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2221 Going back to the free threaded Python topic in PySide
** Continue implementing more API for QtAsyncio which is currently working well
*** Lots of changes since the previous attempt
** two pending change for 6.7.0 and 6.6.3 to be merged.
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-3012 Kept working on the pep8 compatibility for type hints issues
** PYSIDE-2590 qt namespaces support required a patch for Qt/C++
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-3034 trying to figure out to get type information from public variables
** PYSIDE-2619 gentoo issue with a build
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-3046 fixing type issues
** PYSIDE-2624 typing issue with '/' is being researched
** Re-Starting research on iOS compatibility
** Qt Icon Teams issues were discovered
** QML Bridges: Slots registration is working now! new tests are being written.
** PYSIDE-2602 virtual function research on a special signature
** One regression related to the QObject.connect changes.


===29. February 2024===
=== 6. March 2025 ===


* General
* General
** Leap day!
** Jaime's internal presentation will be next Monday at 11am
** Documentation changes
** QtCS registration is up.
** Discussion on IPC options for Qt developers.
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** 6.7.0 will drop support of Python 3.8
** 6.9 Qt for Python FF happening next week.
** 6.5.5 to be released in the following days
** Windows on ARM deployment test failing.
** 6.7.0 RC marks our feature freeze, some exceptions will be discussed in order to release on time.
** qtpip 0.1.1 to be released soon for new indexing and shiboken_wizard package
** General update of Python versions in our CI configuration is being planned (for dev-6.7)
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** PYSIDE-2599 QMatrix3x3 issues with QVariant
** Remote object contributions are going well, and we might merge them for 6.9
** PYSIDE-2605 Embedding an application, using .style() - qAPP
** Binary size reduction research continued, but it seems we have reached the reduction we can, without touching the C++ side of our bindings.
** PYSIDE-2590 QT_NAMESPACES support
** PYSIDE-3012 Type hints issues were addressed (typing.Sequence -> typing.Collection) even if it is a simple change in theory, to change it internally and for our generation it took a lot of time.
** PYSIDE-2602 clash on signature for QtWebEngine returning tuple
*** Removing object-inheritance in the pyi files
** Preparing 6.5.5 and 6.7.0 releases.
*** White-space around equal operators issue (default parameters)
** PYSIDE-2612 CMake issue from Anaconda builds when find_package
** Update Widget Gallery example
** macOS permissions changes are almost all merged
** Changed to adapt std::chrono patches in shiboken (identify overloads and choose the better option)
** Windows BTLE services crash
** Cleaning up some  bug reports, metamethod connection issue fixed.
** QIO-class are required for some new QAsyncio API using pipes
** Addressing some coverity issues for Designer
** Lazy loading moving forward, but still a few issues are around
** Started 6.10 adaption.
*** A couple of shiboken tests seems to have outdated imports that are not helping.
** QML Next works continues.
*** shiboken compatibility types missing
** Changes in the build system scripts are still in progress, some stuff is broken when used, but it's going in a good direction.
** Typing issues being solved in order to improve the pyi quality
** Finalizing the pyside6-project changes to adapt the pyproject.toml changes.
** Addressing new found QtCreator issues with the pyproject.toml compatibility.


===22. February 2024===
=== 27. February 2025 ===
* General
* General
** Brainstorming discussion about new JIRA items.
** Windows on ARM improving
* Infra & Releases
** 6.6.2 was released!
** qtpip getting a new minor version in order to be able to install new shiboken wizard
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** Permission API issue failing on the release framework. QtLocation problems were addressed.
** PYSIDE-2701 Size reduction, investigating removing redundant overloads
** QtAsyncio blog post was published.
** PYSIDE-2701 Size reduction, trying wrapper folding, needs massive reordering
** Definition of done for QtAsyncio story, some functions will be implemented, but other ones (until reaching the whole set of user facing API) will be implemented in the future.
** PYSIDE-3012 replacement of typing.Sequence by collections.abc.Sequence
** Lazy initialization of numpy support in PySide, to improve the general lazy loading effort.
*** Identified incompatibility with Python < 3.9.8 and Python < 3.10.1, fixed by small patch
** Starting documenting pyside6-* tools
*** First change finally done, needs series of further changes
** PYSIDE-2610 Qt3D issues
** 6.10 adaption continues
** 6.7 adaption was a lot of work, namespaces were something tricky.
** PYSIDE 2942 Slot type annotation fix
** 6.7 changelog drafted.
** QTBUG-132266 Checked the code on macOS that the user uploaded, no issues were found related to PySide or macOS.
** Started to improve the type hinting issues.
 
===15. February 2024===


=== 20. February 2025 ===
* General
* General
** Brainstorming session was held.
** QtWS possible participation
** Europython Call for Proposal is open!
** QtCS has a priority of bringing more external contributors
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** 6.6.2 release waiting for Qt/C++ packages to be done.
** 6.9 RC February 28th (maybe postponed)
** Commercial 6.5.5 LTS to be out next week.
** Windows on ARM test cases failing due to mypy fast cache (requires rust toolchain, that's currently missing from the CI). static libclang doesn't work on ARM builds (but does in x86_64).
** Some improvements to the CI and macOS behavior
** RTA trials continue, possibility to use qtpip
** Cherry pick bot on commercial repositories.
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** singleShot changes are merged, keep an eye on strange behavior.
** PYSIDE-2701 Size reduction for virtual functions patch was merged
** 6.7 adaption: metaobjectdump improvements
** PYSIDE-3002 painted virtual functions solved (even though we had our own opinion about performance)
** 6.6.2 fixes with the commercial shibokenwizard
** 3020 SignalInstance disconnect issue fixed
** lupdate support for pyside improved (qm files)
** Templates/snippets cleanup in the typesystem.
** pyside6-project problems with dry-run were fixed. Some improvements planned.
** 6.10 adaption continues
** CI android wheels upgrade [skip armv7 in the meantime]
** QtCreator toml changes:
** Lazy imports research continues, we see lots of improvements on apple M* devices.
*** psyide6-project adaption to the latest changed related
 
** QtDS changes postponed (to be available in QtDS 4.8)
** PYSIDE-3017 QSerialBus overload order issue was fixed
** PYSIDE-3012 Still addressing issues (CI currently failing)
** qtqa improving  the wheel testing process.
** Brainstorming a better approach for QML Next
** Finishing the folding patches, they don't make a lot of sense at the moment due to previous changes (being added into shiboken)


===8. February 2024===


=== 13. February 2025 ===
* General
* General
** We got a PyConDE 2024 talk accepted (python -> android deployment)!
** Did you know Shiboken translates into "Death Sword"? 死某剣
** QtCS happening after QtWS in Munich in early May.
** Qt Design Studio integration (internal presentation) with Python to be prepared.
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** Addressing some issues with the android wheels
** Windows on ARM research continues.
** 6.6.2 got delayed until next week
** QtDS wheels to be updated for the new release
** Preparing for the 6.7 switch on dev
** 6.9.0 RC by the end of the February.
** RTA testing initiative to be restart
** Evaluating scikit-core-build for replacing build_scripts/
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** macOS: permission api patches ready for review
** Flatpak issue was solved (cleanup)
** singleShot patches merged
** Brainstorming ideas for QML Next (preparing internal presentation)
** Lazy initialization was finished, and ready for discussion.
** Android wheel names to be adapted https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/platform-compatibility-tags/#android
** Check compatibility with the new REST module (from Qt/C++)
** Qt Creator finishing .toml support for Python Projects.
** Preparations for 6.7 continues.
** Qt DS Python changes ready to be merged
 
*** Tutorial changes to be prepared
===1. February 2024===
** Type hints heuristic evaluation in order to address newly found issues related to overloads with similar shape.
** Handling of value-types in shiboken (refactoring, new features and doc)
** PYSIDE-3005 OpenGL issues were fixed
** PYSIDE-3013 Font issue was fixed
** PYSIDE-3015 OpcUA support bug fixed
** PYSIDE-3014 virtual function on QSpinBox issue fixed
** 6.9 adaption patches
*** Found newly moc changes were breaking our enums
** Size Reduction
*** hashing functions to re-use them.
*** changing the policy to use absolute size measure (sizebench)
*** Removing a few things from the folding patch, in order to merge it
** PYSIDE-2997 and PYSIDE-3003 type hints issues were solved. A couple are still open.  


=== 6. February 2025 ===
* General
* General
** Interest from KDE to enable flatpak packages (maybe base pyside app).
** We went to FOSDEM and meet many PySide users!
** Discussion on adding more tutorials of specific functionality.
** Commercial / LTS naming on the Installer.
** CI Maintenance Break next Monday (first Monday of each month)
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** no unity build discussion and checks
** Reviewing our branching policies. There is interest in branching pyside-setup sooner.
** 6.6.2 to be released next week.
** We might need to move the Android wheels to PyPI (Probably from 6.9 on)
** More granularity on the commercial wheels: shiboken wizard wheel.
** 6.8.2.1 release is planned in order to fix the missing DLLs in Windows (MSVC)
*** cheery pick is missing for 5.15
** PySide6_DS 4.7 to be released in the next couple of weeks.
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** singleShot timer implementation (to use underlying c++ impl) - still an issue with a context object, and a signal as a functor. A new QObject::connect might handle the situation. More changes to come in order to fix newly discovered issues.
** Adding TOML support for Python projects in QtCreator
** Android: using the master branch on python-for-android, and other changes related for macOS deployment.
** TypeHints new reports, trying to get an idea of what's causing the errors
** PYSIDE-2597 optimization for the deployment procedure
** Issues in Flatpak: updating version, checking a cleanup issue. Addressing dependencies issues for optional packages.
** Lazy initialization: works continues, and it's looking good. 13 bugs to go on lazy mode. The new implementation seems to be working better.
** QtQA internal scripting: Adapting an automatic wheel download.
** 6.7 adaptation still in progress (many changes from Qt)
** Size reduction
** General documentation adjustments
*** Move virtual function overrides. Only generated on the base classes.
** Improvements on shiboken: better error messages
*** Discovered and fixed a few multiple inheritance with shiboken
** Qt Namespaces compatibility attempts.
** Snippets translation tool: Trying to add a feature to use fully qualified enums.
** Moving away from a couple of setup.py options towards pyproject.toml after upgrading 'build' to 1.0.x
** clang-tidy warnings were fixes
** Design Studio compatibility wheel work continues
** Handling value types on non-default constructors (inspired by 6.9 changes)
 
** Discussion on moving away out internal building process to scikit-build
** Size reduction (folding approach): To publish first results soon.
** Supporting team member with pyi session to understand the internal mechanism.
** Ideas from the size reduction research were implemented
** Changing the benchmark code for the size reduction (which might not include the new changes to shiboken)


===25. January 2024===
=== 30. January 2025 ===


* General
* General
** Configuring additional embedded devices for RTA
** Focus on spending some time on embedded linux, in order to see usability, and compatibility with Boot2Qt images.
** Conferences: submissions to PyCon SK, PyCon DE, PyCon LT, PyCon US
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** Decouple of the commercial wheels in order to have a finer granularity and simpler tree on the Qt Installer (Maintenance Tool)
** Preparing 6.8.2
** Qt for Python 6.6.2 is waiting for Qt to be released (by the end of the month)
** The next 5.15.13 LTS open source release will include a new fix for a missing symbol (PyIndex_Check)
** New CI configuration without '--unity' for manual testing, to spot issues.
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** VS Code will use .flake8 (formerly setup.cfg) file for configuration once merged
** Size reduction [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2701 PYSIDE-2701] : Implemented code reuse for Python overrides of virtual functions
** PYSIDE-2575: Added a new argument to QtAsyncio to configure whether the QCoreApplication at the core of QtAsyncio should be shut down when asyncio finishes (requested by user).
** QtPythonScripting: continue working on multiple inheritance, added more widgets
** SingleShot timer issue: Slight "complexity explosion" because correct implementation for one case requires implementation of QObject.connect overload with context arguments (and we implement QObject.connect ourselves, see PySide::qobjectConnectCallback).
** Size reduction: PYSIDE-2701 Folding progress: We can now combine multiple foldings of the same function. This will bring some more reduction.
** Scripting: code simplification, and massage it to a Qt module.
** Simplebrowser example updated
** Documentation updates to fix issues we had.
** adding imageviewer docs
** Unity build some issues when building without.
=== 23. January 2025 ===
** 6.7 updates, adapting some warning messages
** QTBUG-99313 related issues
** macOS permissions: made an example to work (for deployed apps) - patches incoming
** Android wheels provisioning and configuration in order to generate the base-wheels.
** armv7 complications due to an upstream find_python command.
** Lazy initialization: re-wrote approach from scratch, to reduce the patches to one that can be analyzed easily. Some complications with this approach that needs to be improve. It can be tried with https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/pyside/pyside-setup/+/496118
*** https://peps.python.org/pep-0690/ was rejected, but the idea can be implemented per-module
** Moving entry_points declaration to pyproject.toml from setup.py
** Drop the bdist_wheel steps from the CI (old wheels)
** Started working on split commercial wheels, wheels for QtDS and examples on QtCreator.
 
===18. January 2024===


* General
* General
** [https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kconfig/-/jobs/2497118 KDE testing Qt betas and snapshots]
*** Should we update our Branching policy?
*** Our branching policy:
**** We branch briefly after API Review is done in qt meta repo.
** Yocto libclang issue - https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/pyside/pyside-setup/+/609352
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** Commercial LTS 6.2.11 was released
** Windows on ARM configuration testing.
** Add missing tags OSS LTS 5.15.x
** 6.8.2 scheduled release next week, and branching will happen today.
** 6.6.2 scheduled by the end of the month
** Release documentation to be written to have tasks on JIRA
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** Python Scripting: looking into stable API, and cleanup
** QtPythonScripting: continue working on Stable ABI support and multiple inheritance
** PYSIDE-2577 doxygen issue
** [ext] 6.9 Designer release issues with macOS drag and drop + bug fixing
** PYSIDE-2570 closing some roadmap items
** PYSIDE-2990 Slot Executed in Signal's Thread Even With Auto & QueuedConnection
** Polishing documentation to use more sphinx directives
*** People is getting the documentation from an outdated wiki page, which is causing new reports.
** Qt 6.7 adaption
*** Wiki will be updated.
** Addressing some flake8 issues in the build_script
** Size reduction: we generate a lot of code for parsing keyword arguments. The code was moved to libshiboken and the size was reduced 3%
** macOS permission API work continues: limitation for interpreted script, only compatible when deployed. Working around nuitka.
*** Optimization reviews: it seems it's only the virtual functions, but not the actual bindings.
** singleShot: trying to solve a corner case when no sender is specified (for using the C++ function directly)
** Size reduction: Windows is giving some issues for special characters, which seems to be also present in Linux.
** Fixing some CI problems with 3.11 -> 3.12 changes.
** Cross compiling and creating wheels with the new JNI classes bindings. Trying to test them in an emulator, found other issues.
** PYSIDE-2404 adding more information regarding the lazy evaluation, new approach might work.
** pyside6-deploy/project and DS changes integrating, hopefully they will be merged today \o/
** pyside6 is now an official recipe on the python-for-android!
** DS-only changes are still in review.
** Improvements to the doc build process
** TOML integration - continue research on adding new format for python projects
** QtGraphWidgets issue with yocto build was fixed.


===11. January 2024===
=== 16. January 2025 ===


* General
* General
** Hackathon at TQtC
** Highly probable that one of us will go to FOSDEM to help with the Qt Project stand! so if you /reader/ are going, drop by and say hi!
** CI process presentation
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** Commercial LTS 6.5.4 release starting (to be finished today)
** 6.8.2 will be released on 23th January so far, so we expect providing the wheels in the following days.
** Commercial LTS 6.2.11 still pending release
** 3.13 on the CI still on-going.  
** 6.6.2 schedule by the end of the month.
** 6.5.4 OSS released
** CI still showing some issues after the maintenance break.
** Update of the Python versions are pending.
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** Fixing a few small issues with QtAsyncio
** Discussion about QJni* bindings when cross compiling.
** Documentation for the QtAsyncio is currently in review.
*** It did built (and installed) for aarch64 and x86_64 but armv7a will be tried later on.
** New behavior for singleShot (relying on the C++ impl)
*** The main issue with this story was that it was bindings only for cross compiled pyside
** macOS request permission API work continues.
** Exploring toml compatibilities within QtCreator
** 6.7 adaptions patches
** DS patches still needs review.
** M2M fixes on the current impl
** Binary size work continues
** Native interfaces were added (new ones) to public headers
*** 17% reduction so far, and this could be included in the future-features list.
** favicon issue with out docs
*** Once is ready, we might provide an option to disable it to go back to the more readable wrapper code.
** Making our doc diagram generation optional
*** We might evaluate a template approach once the solution is out, to avoid maintaining regexes.
** Improvements for the doc build process
** Remote Object reviews ready in order to merge changes (only a few details)
** Qt Python Scripting
*** Multiple inheritance is not supported yet.
*** REPL function to help development
*** Research on Limited API usage.
*** find_python macro in 3.26 allow to find the stable abi
** docstring changes in order to expose them as docstring per methods.
*** some experiment to add it to the pyi files, but it doesn't show.
 
=== 09. January 2025 ===


===04.January 2024===
* General
* General
** Happy new year fellow readers :D
** FOSDEM 2025: Qt got a stand!
** New OKR organization
** Internal Hackathon going on.
** Keeping in an eye on Conferences
** PyPy is now on 3.10
** Ideas on the wheel organization for the Qt Installer
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** CI Maintenance break continues. Some new issues were discovered.
** https://download.qt.io/official_releases/QtForPython/ got restructured and it's now very tidy
** Pending releases: 6.2.11 and 6.5.4
** Preparing 6.8.2
** Android [https://download.qt.io/snapshots/ci/pyside/test/Android/aarch64/ wheels for testing] purposes are available (not for production)
** 6.8.1.1 Windows and Linux wheels were uploaded for consistency thanks to user-reports when uploading only the 6.8.1.1 on macOS due to a missing module
** Xcode issues with a new M3
** Tests with 3.13 on the CI
** Planning the inclusion of Python 3.12 in the CI
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** async: A few bug fixes were pushed and ready for review
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2966 PYSIDE-2966] Disabled instantiating non-instantiable classes
** async: the module is missing from our docs
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-1735 PYSIDE-1735] Examples and tests were ported to use fully qualified enumerations
** async: we have been getting some interests from users, so new issues are appearing.
** Python Scripting continues (enable adding __repr__ functions)
** new android tag added to the examples for a better browsing
** Discussion about QJni* bindings when cross compiling.
** pyside6 designer pyenv crash was fixed
*** We might try a few new configurations for adding this bindings.
** pyside cmake module update crash was fixed
** Tutorial for Boot2Qt and PySide apps deployment
** working on the request permission API for macOS
** Doc changes: adding comments for using uv
** docs: free functions as separate section and other improvements
** QML Next: still working on improved decorators for a smoother integration
** Python scripting in c++ works continues
** Qt Remote Objects: Big set of patches by external contributor
** PyPy 3.10 compatibility patches
** Binary size reduction work continues with new ideas from other projects: folding, string handling, renaming, etc.
** nogil: working again on a compatibility with PEP703
** Yocto builds issues with LLVM still not solved.
*** locking mechanism for our modules.
 
** Typing adjustments, we need '/' in our signatures due to not having keywords parameters.
==2024==
 
*[[Qt for Python Development Notes 2024]]


==2023==
==2023==

Latest revision as of 08:30, 3 July 2025


2025

3. July 2025

  • General Topics
  • Infra & Releases
    • macOS issue on setting the virtual environment was fixed
    • 3.13 to be enabled soon
    • 6.8.4 commercial LTS is the next release.
  • Bugs & Features
    • 64bit enumeration was implemented
    • signals and threads clarification (and docs)
    • Qt Python Scripting cleanup
    • Free threading Python changes, threads sanitizer on windows for testing. Few new crashes on linux were discovered, most things work but our stress test is failing.
    • 3132 Item delegate crash was fixed, and other minor bugs.
    • Finalizing pending QtDS tutorial
    • Addressing some warnings from pyside6-deploy (qrc files)
    • pyside6-deploy: Nuitka bumped to 2.7.1
    • CMake changes: updating the C++ binding related examples (where header files are in use)
      • This might affect Python/C++ code from many existing applications (documenting it)
    • scikit-core compat changes
      • Investigate outsource builds
      • passing all our parameters to it

26. June 2025

  • General Topics
  • Infra & Releases
    • CI: Fail to create env problem is still around (seems to be machine-related) - we could disable that config.
    • uv research still pending.
    • 3.13 configs still pending.
  • Bugs & Features
    • Free threading
      • The current researched approach with our own lock is not the best solution for PySide.
      • We have proof other people not picking this approach, and go with a sub-interpreter one: https://discuss.python.org/t/is-free-threading-our-only-option/91775
      • A different approach might be needed
      • Our current testing infra is not enough to simply write tests for nogil python, and many hiccups have been found.
      • Some tests cannot be replicated after some issues, so the nondeterministic behavior is a big challenge.
    • Qt AsyncIO notes
      • A few ideas on how to finish the implementation was shared
      • The TCP protocol was initially implemented
      • New tests were provided to continue the development in the future (using an asyncio event loop)
    • Some small tutorial to debug Python and C++, might need a follow-up
    • Qt Creator discussion with people using old PySide versions, and using the new pyproject.toml approach.
    • Cross building support on shiboken
      • yocto was not affected
      • we might need to check if iOS works
    • PYSIDE-3095 small fix to pyside6-project
    • Qt Python Scripting
      • Small internal API review
      • Cleanup
    • To catch-up with the cmake improvements to our build system (orthogonal to the scikit-core research)
      • this will allow us to properly have the module as projects configures to be find them.
      • In the future, we will simplify our CMakeLists.txt for hybrid applications, a lot!
    • iOS research continues
      • Cross compiling is still an issue due to the shared/static
      • OpenGL issue has a workaround, but still researching on the underneath
      • Waiting for shiboken to have compatibility with cross compiling to check if it works.


19. June 2025

  • General Topics
    • Possible marketing support for the project
  • Infra & Releases
    • Research on enable 3.13 via pyenv continue
    • To investigate errors while creating venvs
  • Bugs & Features
    • QtWidgets apps on iOS still in research
      • Some issues with the qt libraries, duplicate symbols.
      • Some discussion with others about shared/static libraries for iOS (Qt doesnt' seems to be able to work properly) - shared libs for iOS task is not prioritized yet.
    • CMake discussion to enable Qt Bridges from the PySide build system.
      • The problem is our current build structure, where we build shiboken first and then pyside patching paths.
      • We might introduce an option to enable this configuration.
    • Add QtMultimedia libraries (libav*) to the android wheels.
    • Documenting more open research topics (QtAsyncIO, Disable GIL, Debugging, Class properties, PyPy) and maybe more.
    • Fix enumeration issues in Qt Designer
    • libxst issues at build time were addressed
    • Research: cross build for shiboken to recognize targets PYSIDE-3105. To support both approaches
      • list(APPEND shiboken_command "--platform=${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" "--arch=${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}" "--compiler-path=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")}
        
      • list(APPEND shiboken_command "--clang-option=--target="aarch64-none-linux-android"" "--compiler-path=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")
        

12. June 2025

  • General Topics
    • QtDS Tutorial still pending
  • Infra & Releases
    • RTA discussion on PySide
    • SBOM research pending, but will be addressed
    • Evaluating using 3.13 in some of our CI nodes
  • Bugs & Features
    • Newly discovered missing dll/so on android wheels (libav* from ffmpeg)
    • Flatpak baseapp is now shipping tools (after users requests)
      • Waiting for the webengine baseapp to be merged
    • Alexandru helping with some CMake changes we are trying to incorporate into pyside, in order to improve the discoverability of the installed packages.
    • iOS research
      • Small Qt application is working at the moment (QTimer log example)
      • shiboken python module works.
      • QtGui and QtWidgets needs special handling from iOS side
      • Trying the XCode simulator (to avoid usage of the physical device) - architecture issues when built (mismatch on intel/apple silicon)
      • Note from android: there was a missing opengl component, that needed to be added.
    • Started to documenting a few of the on-going initiatives/patches.
      • Disable GIL, QtAsyncIO, etc
    • Regression 6.9.1 - QGraphicsView that was fixed
    • ActiveQt issues lead to discovering that we could use the meta object in order to enable Enums on Qt Designers
    • Discussion about Enum declared within a Python class, and declaring properties with that on the same class (python limitation)
    • Planning on maybe adapting shiboken for easy cross build functionalities.

5. June 2025

  • General Topics
  • Infra & Releases
  • Bugs & Features
    • PYSIDE-3187 std::optional handling from new qt api (having an intrinsic type rather than a separate one)
    • Trying QRangeModel for some Python examples. (new api in 6.10)
    • Adapting to 6.10
    • Virtual Keyboard issue: missing files for plugins issue was fixed
    • PYSIDE-3112 android deployment issue
    • Finishing the CMake config files for shiboken/pyside in order to get more options once it's installed. This might help us simplifying use cases like scriptableapplication.
    • Updated flatpak package, and a new issue related to missing tools.
    • iOS research
      • Managed to embed Python in an iOS application
      • there seems to be an issue with linking between so files
      • dynamics libs are needed, but removing a few .so files PySide is not recognized. When removing the frameworks ones, another issue appear, when having them both, there is also an issue.
      • We might need to re-think the OpenGL finds for iOS patches
    • QtCreator wizard uses pyproject.toml

29. May 2025

  • General Topics
  • Infra & Releases
    • Preparing 6.9.1, 6.5.9
    • Further work adapting to 6.10, QRangeModel renamed from QGenericItemModel
  • Bugs & Features
    • Investigating improving support for std::optional PYSIDE-3107
    • Progressing with shipping CMake configs with PySide6 and Shiboken6 wheels. Trickly resolving install time and packaging configuration. Had to resort to patch the CMake configs before packaging.
    • QPropertyAnimation constructor annotations fixed PYSIDE-3012
    • Continued work on XCode and library binding, minor problems with Python libraries and trying to integrate PySide6 libraries.
    • PYSIDE-2221: Status report is in progress for potential handover.
    • PYSIDE-769:
      • Integration and activation of QtAsync tests into the test framework.
      • First implementation of a TCP transport; server tests are working.

22. May 2025

  • General Topics
    • Some updates from PyConUS
    • Qt Bridges: We might participate at Akademy
    • Qt Bridges: We got an accepted talk https://ndctechtown.com/
    • Qt WS: Talk recording might be delayed to be public.
    • PyCon IT: Going there to give a talk
    • Windows on ARM is getting more attention from other companies.
      • There is currently an issue with OpenGL (not being in Qt, hence not in Qt for Python)
      • FreeCAD requires opengl for some reason :S
  • Infra & Releases
    • 5.15.19 commercial LTS was released
    • 6.9.1 postponed by a regression
    • 6.5.9 still pending (security fix)
    • We might evaluate uv for CI
  • Bugs & Features
    • We will work on being more compatible with uv (shiboken issue finding dlls)
    • iOS research: managed to cross compile the project, but there seems to be an issue still when trying to use it from XCode side of things. We might need to try the setup.py approach rather than CMake.
    • API deprecations that needs to be handle: missing functions on the typesystem and in some test cases. QtXml (QDomDocument) missing new function needs to be added as well (overload issue). Some works needs to be done in the examples as well.
    • Thoughts on limiting the disable gil solution that we have at the moment. There has been a lot of crashes and issues by implementing our own locking mechanism.
    • QtAsyncIO has been brought up in some community discussions, so we might work more on this. There are many NotImplemented issues around, that would be good to have.
    • Qt Python Scripting: Aiming for 6.11, and to find a place to distribute it. Due to the limitation of virtual functions, it's mostly about doing a bit of scripting on top of the Qt/C++ applications. Does it justify it to be a new Qt module? maybe we could use Qt solutions. We need another person to check the API, to have a second opinion.
      • There are some ideas of virtual-function override from pybind11, but then we would require shiboken ownership mechanisms, that will increase dependencies (and size)
      • Release process of qt-modules is strict.
    • PYSIDE-2193 variance in QML Properties. QVariant/PyObjects issues were found and fixed.
    • Got interest of doing RTA internally, that's generating more reports.
    • CMake relocation files shipping that are not being included anymore (headers or cmake files), but got required by Qt Bridges.
    • New cmake variables are being required for Qt Bridges.
    • Message handler changes are still pending for CI issues.

15. May 2025

  • Infra & Releases
    • Preparing 6.9.1
    • Released 6.5.9
  • Bugs & Features
    • Continuing work on 6.10, investingating what the new QGenericItemModel can do for getting data from numpy into Qt
    • PYSIDE-2193 QML property related crash fixed
    • PYSIDE-3098 NumPy problem with Sequence/Iterable conflict in 6.10 solved
    • qinstallmessagehandler refcount issue fixed
    • PYSIDE-3078 QInputDialog get methods accept None as parent.
    • Cross-compile iOS and PySide6 is done. Now the test phase.
    • PYSIDE-2221 Free threading research continues.
      • disable-gil first tiny progress in bug hunting. Shiboken Cyclic test works now
      • Result used for generating locks in PySide constructors
      • still a few timeout errors and others

8. May 2025

  • General
    • Team returned form QtWS
  • Infra & Releases
    • Preparing 6.9.1
  • Bugs & Features
    • Continuing work on 6.10, investingating what the new QGenericItemModel can do for getting data from numpy into Qt Graphs
    • Add some functionality to shiboken to accommodate 6.10
    • Free threading research continues by running intense stress tests
    • Ported QtCharts Audio example to Qt Graphs
    • Worked on PYSIDE-3092, issue regarding the collections import. However CI test failed unrelated to patch. Currently working on that.
    • No new update on the error the OpenGL/OpenGLES libraries, for cross-compiling iOS and PySide6

1. May 2025

  • Labor day, no labor to report

24. April 2025

  • General
    • QtWS talk approaching https://www.qt.io/qt-world-summit-2025
    • We are evaluating the possibility to sponsor a couple of Python conferences!
    • There will not be a Qt for Python session during QtCS
  • Infra & Releases
    • 5.15.19 commercial LTS needs to go out next week, but we are investigating a few CI failures.
    • 6.5.9 commercial LTS will be released tomorrow.
    • 6.8 public branch is closed, moved to LTS
    • Raising python version from 3.8 to 3.10 on a testing ci configuration.
  • Bugs & Features
    • Moving new qml integration support content from pyside-setup to the new repository.
    • Type hints patches to fix PYSIDE-3007 PYSIDE-3012 PYSIDE-3029 (related to the constructors of a few classes, and properties)
    • PYSIDE-2352 iOS research: newer versions of Qt and Qt for iOS seems to fix a few issues we had while cross compiling. There is an issue with OpenGL support.
    • PYSIDE-2221 continue free threading research: an open discussion for ownership issues that were solved in a way that needs confirmation. Stress testing the solutions to avoid thread inconsistency problems.
    • Cleaning up new bug reports
    • PYSIDE-3067 newly discovered crash was fixed.
    • Utilities classes were submitted to avoid exceptions in some scenarios.
    • PYSIDE-3066 enumerations not restored in QVariant. External contributed.
    • PYSIDE-3061 Windows build issue.
    • PYSIDE-3069 Graphics item crash still being investigated.
    • More and more costumer cases are popping up, meaning the usage of PySide is growing :)
    • PYSIDE-3048 There is an enum issue with type hints that require them to be int. We are still discussing on what's the right solution.

17. April 2025

  • General
    • Easter break, we will back on Tuesday :D
  • Infra & Releases
    • qtpip new release planned, after changing the qt version to a previous one. There was an issue with SSL.
    • qtpip: we might align the build/test configuration on the CI to be consistent with PySide
    • Python 3.13 needs to be added to a CI configuration.
    • We might add a special non-blocking configuration for Free threaded python
    • Keeping in an eye on PEP751
  • Bugs & Features
    • Cleaning up some of the latest bug reports.
    • Addressing the webengine issue for the yocto builds.
    • PYSIDE-3061 Windows debug build failing on pyi generation
    • 6.10 adaption in the horizon.
    • Continue the disable-gil support
      • Checking the previous patches to see if they are still relevant, but it seems a few things changed.
      • There seems to be an issue with calling super with arguments
    • iOS support continues, the cross compilation process still has a few issues (QtCore).
    • There seems to be a few type hints issues that are still not fixed, due to not being too simple.
    • Removing tomlkit dependency from pyside6-project
    • multilib support for yocto builds

10. April 2025

  • General
    • Internal dry-run for our QtWS talk in a couple of weeks.
    • We don't have a session for the Qt Contributor Summit
    • We are looking forward to be around Akademy this year https://akademy.kde.org/
  • Infra & Releases
    • Maintenance break last Monday left some issues in the CI
    • PySide6_DS is missing from the qt org on pypi, will add later
  • Bugs & Features
    • PYSIDE-3012 type hints: still working on the last issue.
    • PYSIDE-3021 type hints: was fixed
    • Continue the research on iOS support: still trying to cross compile pyside with a iOS python. Trying other deployment tools that could help us with the process. Dealing with the static/dynamic shiboken libs (static requirement from iOS)
    • Planning to make Qt Python Scripting available.
    • Addressing a couple of deployment issues
    • Brainstorming and creating our presentation for QtWS
    • Finalizing properties and tests for the new qml integrations.
    • PYSIDE-2221 continues: Testing different strategies to reach gil-less Thread Safety
      • - cannot simply replicate the GIL
      • - ongoing: automate the working bucket examples from nogil with cppgenerator

3. April 2025

  • General
  • Infra & Releases
    • 6.8.3 and 6.9.0 were released.
    • Android wheels for 6.9.0 were generated differently for a CI NDK misconfiguration.
    • Flatpak releases are waiting for the webengine flatpack update first.
  • Bugs & Features
    • Adding property support for QML bridges
    • Minor changes to the deployment tool, and qtpip
    • Working on the presentation for QtWS
    • Continue the research for iOS support, it seems there are a few issues with the other frameworks that support it.
      • Distributing apps on iOS is tricky, it requires a Dev account ($$), with a free account you can only upload the app with a cable for 7 days, and then it expires (We wonder what would happen with data)
      • For uploading, you need to turn-on developer mode, which raises a message of "privacy being reduced"
      • iPad applications seems to have the same behavior.
    • Might check https://github.com/benfogle/crossenv and https://github.com/beeware/mobile-forge
    • PYSIDE-3059 was fixed
    • PYSIDE-3012 was updated with new suggestions
    • Free threading Python support continues PYSIDE-2221
      • A few changes we had for nogil are not necessary anymore.
      • Our mandelbrot example didn't show a good performance. After discussion with CPython core devs, there was an issue on Python 3.13.{1,2} (not on 3.13.0) that made some slowness. (On M1 it was 8x faster, but now it was 4.3x, the speed lost causes are still in research)
      • https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/131989

27. March 2025

  • General
    • A few comments on the state of the auto-generated documentation in our telegram group. We expect the community to help us by filing issues they find (per page) so we can try to address them.
  • Infra & Releases
    • Status of 6.8.3
      • Android NDK change is still updating. We might use some additional wheels for the release.
      • Flatpak update will be done as well.
    • Status of 6.9.0
      • New NDK is already there, and the tests have succeed.
      • Branching 6.9.0 today/tomorrow after last changes
  • Bugs & Features
    • PYSIDE-3054 settrace bug was addressed, it was more important and difficult that we thought. Even some extra time was added to the import phase due to the recursion.
    • Leaving the handling of Exception aside for shiboken.
    • Type hints issues are still being addressed.
      • PYSIDE-3047 Debug option in Qt generates extra code in PySide, interfering with the wrappers. Function returns a qDebug rather than a QPolygon.
      • Other issues were addressed PYSIDE-3050 PYSIDE-3055 PYSIDE-3056 PYSIDE-3058
    • Research on project structures to be more compatible with Xcode
    • PYSIDE-3052 QMessageLogger and fix qInstallMessageHandler
    • Bumping the nuitka version we use for pyside-deploy (2.6.8)
    • Docs on debugging QtQuick app on QtCreator was missing a reference to create a QQmlDebuggingEnabler globally.
    • qtpip - download android commercial wheel shows wrong wheel name on stdout- being fixed.

20. March 2025

  • General
    • PyPI organizations accepted Qt!
    • We heard about https://wheelnext.dev/ it seems some ideas could be beneficial.
  • Infra & Releases
    • A few issues in our CI in the last weeks (fixed now)
    • Qt 6.8.3 new snapshot coming
    • Qt 6.9.0 (internal rc2 to test)
    • We will move 'dev' to use Python 3.10+
  • Bugs & Features
    • Windows on ARM wheels are ready after a couple of issues (linking) were fixed.
    • PYSIDE-3049 - Missing plugin for qmllint (fixed)
    • QML Bridges: Working on properties.
    • PYSIDE-3052 - QMessageLogger missing class (in progress)
    • Working on merging the contributions on QtRemoteObjects
    • PYSIDE-2854 - Support for [colocated objects|https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/pyside/pyside-setup/+/632241] in shiboken (structs issue, might support c++ unions)
    • PYSIDE-3040 GTK Theming issue with PySide install
    • Qt 6.10 adaption continues
    • Speed of overriding methods (previously cached) - new fix is improving the performance, but duck-punching was not properly working.
      • Can this be excluded from the caching?
    • The list of new improvements for type hints keeps growing (which is good!) so many issues has been solved.
    • We might need to find a solution for the implicit conversions we do (like qdatetime/py_datetime)
    • Discussion about Optional and pointer arguments that have a default value.
    • Some property types (public class variables) are missing type information

13. March 2025

  • General
  • Infra & Releases
    • Windows on ARM research continues and looks good! managed to fix an issue, but a new issues was found on samplebinding. The issue might be related to missing OpenGL.
    • 6.9.0rc might be released tomorrow, which means PySide6 FF will be due.
  • Bugs & Features

6. March 2025

  • General
    • Jaime's internal presentation will be next Monday at 11am
    • QtCS registration is up.
    • Discussion on IPC options for Qt developers.
  • Infra & Releases
    • 6.9 Qt for Python FF happening next week.
    • Windows on ARM deployment test failing.
  • Bugs & Features
    • Remote object contributions are going well, and we might merge them for 6.9
    • Binary size reduction research continued, but it seems we have reached the reduction we can, without touching the C++ side of our bindings.
    • PYSIDE-3012 Type hints issues were addressed (typing.Sequence -> typing.Collection) even if it is a simple change in theory, to change it internally and for our generation it took a lot of time.
      • Removing object-inheritance in the pyi files
      • White-space around equal operators issue (default parameters)
    • Update Widget Gallery example
    • Changed to adapt std::chrono patches in shiboken (identify overloads and choose the better option)
    • Cleaning up some bug reports, metamethod connection issue fixed.
    • Addressing some coverity issues for Designer
    • Started 6.10 adaption.
    • QML Next works continues.
    • Changes in the build system scripts are still in progress, some stuff is broken when used, but it's going in a good direction.
    • Finalizing the pyside6-project changes to adapt the pyproject.toml changes.
    • Addressing new found QtCreator issues with the pyproject.toml compatibility.

27. February 2025

  • General
    • Windows on ARM improving
  • Bugs & Features
    • PYSIDE-2701 Size reduction, investigating removing redundant overloads
    • PYSIDE-2701 Size reduction, trying wrapper folding, needs massive reordering
    • PYSIDE-3012 replacement of typing.Sequence by collections.abc.Sequence
      • Identified incompatibility with Python < 3.9.8 and Python < 3.10.1, fixed by small patch
      • First change finally done, needs series of further changes
    • 6.10 adaption continues
    • PYSIDE 2942 Slot type annotation fix
    • QTBUG-132266 Checked the code on macOS that the user uploaded, no issues were found related to PySide or macOS.

20. February 2025

  • General
    • QtWS possible participation
    • QtCS has a priority of bringing more external contributors
  • Infra & Releases
    • 6.9 RC February 28th (maybe postponed)
    • Windows on ARM test cases failing due to mypy fast cache (requires rust toolchain, that's currently missing from the CI). static libclang doesn't work on ARM builds (but does in x86_64).
    • RTA trials continue, possibility to use qtpip
  • Bugs & Features
    • PYSIDE-2701 Size reduction for virtual functions patch was merged
    • PYSIDE-3002 painted virtual functions solved (even though we had our own opinion about performance)
    • 3020 SignalInstance disconnect issue fixed
    • Templates/snippets cleanup in the typesystem.
    • 6.10 adaption continues
    • QtCreator toml changes:
      • psyide6-project adaption to the latest changed related
    • QtDS changes postponed (to be available in QtDS 4.8)
    • PYSIDE-3017 QSerialBus overload order issue was fixed
    • PYSIDE-3012 Still addressing issues (CI currently failing)
    • qtqa improving the wheel testing process.
    • Brainstorming a better approach for QML Next
    • Finishing the folding patches, they don't make a lot of sense at the moment due to previous changes (being added into shiboken)


13. February 2025

  • General
    • Did you know Shiboken translates into "Death Sword"? 死某剣
    • QtCS happening after QtWS in Munich in early May.
    • Qt Design Studio integration (internal presentation) with Python to be prepared.
  • Infra & Releases
    • Windows on ARM research continues.
    • QtDS wheels to be updated for the new release
    • 6.9.0 RC by the end of the February.
    • RTA testing initiative to be restart
    • Evaluating scikit-core-build for replacing build_scripts/
  • Bugs & Features
    • Flatpak issue was solved (cleanup)
    • Brainstorming ideas for QML Next (preparing internal presentation)
    • Android wheel names to be adapted https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/platform-compatibility-tags/#android
    • Qt Creator finishing .toml support for Python Projects.
    • Qt DS Python changes ready to be merged
      • Tutorial changes to be prepared
    • Type hints heuristic evaluation in order to address newly found issues related to overloads with similar shape.
    • Handling of value-types in shiboken (refactoring, new features and doc)
    • PYSIDE-3005 OpenGL issues were fixed
    • PYSIDE-3013 Font issue was fixed
    • PYSIDE-3015 OpcUA support bug fixed
    • PYSIDE-3014 virtual function on QSpinBox issue fixed
    • 6.9 adaption patches
      • Found newly moc changes were breaking our enums
    • Size Reduction
      • hashing functions to re-use them.
      • changing the policy to use absolute size measure (sizebench)
      • Removing a few things from the folding patch, in order to merge it
    • PYSIDE-2997 and PYSIDE-3003 type hints issues were solved. A couple are still open.

6. February 2025

  • General
    • We went to FOSDEM and meet many PySide users!
    • Commercial / LTS naming on the Installer.
  • Infra & Releases
    • Reviewing our branching policies. There is interest in branching pyside-setup sooner.
    • We might need to move the Android wheels to PyPI (Probably from 6.9 on)
    • 6.8.2.1 release is planned in order to fix the missing DLLs in Windows (MSVC)
      • cheery pick is missing for 5.15
    • PySide6_DS 4.7 to be released in the next couple of weeks.
  • Bugs & Features
    • Adding TOML support for Python projects in QtCreator
    • TypeHints new reports, trying to get an idea of what's causing the errors
    • Issues in Flatpak: updating version, checking a cleanup issue. Addressing dependencies issues for optional packages.
    • QtQA internal scripting: Adapting an automatic wheel download.
    • Size reduction
      • Move virtual function overrides. Only generated on the base classes.
      • Discovered and fixed a few multiple inheritance with shiboken
    • Snippets translation tool: Trying to add a feature to use fully qualified enums.
    • clang-tidy warnings were fixes
    • Handling value types on non-default constructors (inspired by 6.9 changes)
    • Discussion on moving away out internal building process to scikit-build
    • Size reduction (folding approach): To publish first results soon.
    • Supporting team member with pyi session to understand the internal mechanism.
    • Ideas from the size reduction research were implemented
    • Changing the benchmark code for the size reduction (which might not include the new changes to shiboken)

30. January 2025

  • General
  • Infra & Releases
    • Preparing 6.8.2
  • Bugs & Features
    • Size reduction PYSIDE-2701 : Implemented code reuse for Python overrides of virtual functions
    • QtPythonScripting: continue working on multiple inheritance, added more widgets
    • Size reduction: PYSIDE-2701 Folding progress: We can now combine multiple foldings of the same function. This will bring some more reduction.
    • Simplebrowser example updated
    • adding imageviewer docs

23. January 2025

  • General
  • Infra & Releases
    • Windows on ARM configuration testing.
    • 6.8.2 scheduled release next week, and branching will happen today.
  • Bugs & Features
    • QtPythonScripting: continue working on Stable ABI support and multiple inheritance
    • [ext] 6.9 Designer release issues with macOS drag and drop + bug fixing
    • PYSIDE-2990 Slot Executed in Signal's Thread Even With Auto & QueuedConnection
      • People is getting the documentation from an outdated wiki page, which is causing new reports.
      • Wiki will be updated.
    • Size reduction: we generate a lot of code for parsing keyword arguments. The code was moved to libshiboken and the size was reduced 3%
      • Optimization reviews: it seems it's only the virtual functions, but not the actual bindings.
    • Size reduction: Windows is giving some issues for special characters, which seems to be also present in Linux.
    • Cross compiling and creating wheels with the new JNI classes bindings. Trying to test them in an emulator, found other issues.
    • pyside6-deploy/project and DS changes integrating, hopefully they will be merged today \o/
    • DS-only changes are still in review.
    • TOML integration - continue research on adding new format for python projects
    • QtGraphWidgets issue with yocto build was fixed.

16. January 2025

  • General
    • Highly probable that one of us will go to FOSDEM to help with the Qt Project stand! so if you /reader/ are going, drop by and say hi!
  • Infra & Releases
    • 6.8.2 will be released on 23th January so far, so we expect providing the wheels in the following days.
    • 3.13 on the CI still on-going.
    • 6.5.4 OSS released
  • Bugs & Features
    • Discussion about QJni* bindings when cross compiling.
      • It did built (and installed) for aarch64 and x86_64 but armv7a will be tried later on.
      • The main issue with this story was that it was bindings only for cross compiled pyside
    • Exploring toml compatibilities within QtCreator
    • DS patches still needs review.
    • Binary size work continues
      • 17% reduction so far, and this could be included in the future-features list.
      • Once is ready, we might provide an option to disable it to go back to the more readable wrapper code.
      • We might evaluate a template approach once the solution is out, to avoid maintaining regexes.
    • Remote Object reviews ready in order to merge changes (only a few details)
    • Qt Python Scripting
      • Multiple inheritance is not supported yet.
      • REPL function to help development
      • Research on Limited API usage.
      • find_python macro in 3.26 allow to find the stable abi
    • docstring changes in order to expose them as docstring per methods.
      • some experiment to add it to the pyi files, but it doesn't show.

09. January 2025

  • General
    • FOSDEM 2025: Qt got a stand!
    • Internal Hackathon going on.
  • Infra & Releases
    • https://download.qt.io/official_releases/QtForPython/ got restructured and it's now very tidy
    • Preparing 6.8.2
    • 6.8.1.1 Windows and Linux wheels were uploaded for consistency thanks to user-reports when uploading only the 6.8.1.1 on macOS due to a missing module
    • Tests with 3.13 on the CI
  • Bugs & Features
    • PYSIDE-2966 Disabled instantiating non-instantiable classes
    • PYSIDE-1735 Examples and tests were ported to use fully qualified enumerations
    • Python Scripting continues (enable adding __repr__ functions)
    • Discussion about QJni* bindings when cross compiling.
      • We might try a few new configurations for adding this bindings.
    • Tutorial for Boot2Qt and PySide apps deployment
    • Doc changes: adding comments for using uv
    • QML Next: still working on improved decorators for a smoother integration
    • Qt Remote Objects: Big set of patches by external contributor
    • Binary size reduction work continues with new ideas from other projects: folding, string handling, renaming, etc.
    • Yocto builds issues with LLVM still not solved.

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