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==2024==
==2025==


=== 2. August 2024===
=== 13. March 2025 ===
* General
* Infra & Releases
** 6.8, 6.7.3 preparations
* Bugs & Features
** Some pyi issues were fixed ( [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2788 PYSIDE-2788], [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2752 PYSIDE-2752] )
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2814 PYSIDE-2814] Deployment: spaces can now be used in extra_args
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2828 PYSIDE-2828] Updated tutorials
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2820 PYSIDE-2820] Fixed Opaque containers to work with QML
** Some refactoring of the PySide's signal handling


=== 25. July 2024===
* General
* General
** Plan with some brainstorming ideas from last session.
** 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
** tqtc/dev branch still broken. Waiting for Finland to come back from vacation :D
** 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.
** DS wheels still need to be tested
** 6.9.0rc might be released tomorrow, which means PySide6 FF will be due.
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features  
** arm64 shiboken generator not properly working (libclang)
** Many new type hints bugs being reported :)
** flatpak support: patch was merged, and there were a couple of issues that have a possible fix. After that, the KDE documentation will be modified in order to offer the option for users to use PySide as well.
** Smart pointers exclusion issues fixed (shiboken)
** scikit-build research
** Designer and Linguist tools fixes (External)
** signature compression research: dealing with some last details.
** Helping the remoteobject contributions to work better.
*** fullname field, and compression of the strings.
** Documentation checks and 6.10 adaption.
** no-gil research will re-start next month, in order to address the new changes from cpython
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2221 Going back to the free threaded Python topic in PySide
** Type hints issues being worked out.
*** Lots of changes since the previous attempt
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-3012 Kept working on the pep8 compatibility for type hints issues
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-3034 trying to figure out to get type information from public variables
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-3046 fixing type issues
** Re-Starting research on iOS compatibility
** QML Bridges: Slots registration is working now! new tests are being written.


=== 6. March 2025 ===


=== 18. July 2024===
* General
* General
** We got a talk accepted at Akademy 2024.
** Jaime's internal presentation will be next Monday at 11am
** September 11th is the limit to submit features for PySide 6.8.0
** QtCS registration is up.
** Discussion on IPC options for Qt developers.
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** Flaky macOS failures were addressed
** 6.9 Qt for Python FF happening next week.
** PySide6 Design Studio wheels to be tested
** Windows on ARM deployment test failing.
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** Work on [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2701 PYSIDE-2701] - Binary size reduction
** Remote object contributions are going well, and we might merge them for 6.9
*** LZMA compression moved to ZLIB and C++. Compression on Windows 8.7 %, macOS 4.7 %
** Binary size reduction research continued, but it seems we have reached the reduction we can, without touching the C++ side of our bindings.
*** Study of pybind11/nanobind continues.
** 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.
*** Overlap with PYSIDE-2404: Startup time optimization of ZLIB compression almost ready.
*** Removing object-inheritance in the pyi files
** Finding some use-cases from PySide users during EuroPython.
*** White-space around equal operators issue (default parameters)
** Flatpak recipes are ready to be tested, meaning projects relying on flatpak (like KDE) will be able to use PySide in their builds :D
** Update Widget Gallery example
** macOS multimedia missing plugins.
** Changed to adapt std::chrono patches in shiboken (identify overloads and choose the better option)
** QtWebView might be added for completeness.
** Cleaning up some  bug reports, metamethod connection issue fixed.
** Feedback from EuroPython: More tutorials, and examples with applied cases, rather than too basic or too advanced ones.
** 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.


=== 11. July 2024===
=== 27. February 2025 ===
* General
* General
** Two members of the team at Europython
** Windows on ARM improving
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** Work on [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2701 PYSIDE-2701] - Binary size reduction
** PYSIDE-2701 Size reduction, investigating removing redundant overloads
*** An LZMA compressor has been written in Python and C++ with 4.5% win.
** PYSIDE-2701 Size reduction, trying wrapper folding, needs massive reordering
*** Reimplementation in C++ only is even easier. (when considered worth it)
** PYSIDE-3012 replacement of typing.Sequence by collections.abc.Sequence
*** Study of pybind11/nanobind implementation
*** Identified incompatibility with Python < 3.9.8 and Python < 3.10.1, fixed by small patch
** Work on [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2803 PYSIDE-2803] - qmlimportscanner and Windows cmd line length limitation
*** First change finally done, needs series of further changes
** Refactoring and cleanup of the Signals/Slot handling code
** 6.10 adaption continues
** Added missing libraries for the QtMultiMedia ffmpeg plugin on macOS
** 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.


===4. July 2024===
=== 20. February 2025 ===
* General
* General
** Next week, two members of the team will be at Europython
** QtWS possible participation
** Don't forget QtWS 2025 submissions (Until first days of August)
** QtCS has a priority of bringing more external contributors
** We might get the help from an intern.
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** LTS Open Source release is out for 6.2.9 (sources)
** 6.9 RC February 28th (maybe postponed)
** QtDS packages are generated now in the CI
** 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).
** Improvements in https://download.qt.io/official_releases/QtForPython/
** RTA trials continue, possibility to use qtpip
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** Fixed PYSIDE-2790: Implemented task "uncancelling" and cancel count mechanism
** PYSIDE-2701 Size reduction for virtual functions patch was merged
** Fixed PYSIDE-2799: Turns out cancelling handles when cancelling tasks can cause issues
** PYSIDE-3002 painted virtual functions solved (even though we had our own opinion about performance)
** PYSIDE-2798 might not be (easily) fixable entirely
** 3020 SignalInstance disconnect issue fixed
*** Qt and asyncio collide when Qt shuts everything down too early for asyncio's liking, e.g. when closing the window.
** Templates/snippets cleanup in the typesystem.
*** Setting keep_running=True is probably a suitable workaround.
** 6.10 adaption continues
** Submitted cherry-picks to 6.7 for a number of changes (mostly QtAsyncio) where the pick-to line was forgotten
** QtCreator toml changes:
** PYSIDE-2701 activities:
*** psyide6-project adaption to the latest changed related
*** implemented removal of the fullName field
** QtDS changes postponed (to be available in QtDS 4.8)
*** started implementation of common function end replacement
** PYSIDE-3017 QSerialBus overload order issue was fixed
*** started work on SignatureStrings compression with LZMA
** PYSIDE-3012 Still addressing issues (CI currently failing)
** PYSIDE-2793 (PYSIDE-1057) Memory leak in slot connection. Some were fixed, but there is still one that's very old (PYSIDE-79)
** qtqa improving  the wheel testing process.
** singleShot newly added signature has some complications when disconnected
** Brainstorming a better approach for QML Next
** NumPy 2.0 compatibility patches were merged.
** Finishing the folding patches, they don't make a lot of sense at the moment due to previous changes (being added into shiboken)
** Signal Handling research and review
** PYSIDE-2192 Input hook handling (for matplotlib) was addressed thank to some suggestion.
** PYSIDE-2805 Suggestion overload QMessageBox.open for passing a new slot.
** 6.8 Adaption continues.
** PYSIDE-2803 support bug on windows with pyside6-deploy command too long
** Flatpak: shiboken is building, but pyside has some issues still.
** Research on windows arm64
** Testing DS packages


===27. June 2024===


=== 13. February 2025 ===
* General
* General
** Python language summit blog posts.
** 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
** Android wheels configuration is running OK.
** Windows on ARM research continues.
** Feature freeze for 6.8 on September 11 (for Qt/C++ RC release)
** QtDS wheels to be updated for the new release
** Tweaks for the Qt for Python deployment internal guide for Raspberry Pi.
** 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
** QtDS: packages ready to go out after CI configuration.
** Flatpak issue was solved (cleanup)
** QtDS: export option within the tool planned in 2 weeks.
** Brainstorming ideas for QML Next (preparing internal presentation)
** qmlnext: the issue with the example task was find and solved.
** Android wheel names to be adapted https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/platform-compatibility-tags/#android
** PYSIDE-2786 Preparation (future statement) of new syntax for Python 3.9
** Qt Creator finishing .toml support for Python Projects.
*** then checkin of deferred 3.10 changes was done.
** Qt DS Python changes ready to be merged
** PYSIDE-2701 activities:
*** Tutorial changes to be prepared
*** Removal of generated fullname field (in progress)
** Type hints heuristic evaluation in order to address newly found issues related to overloads with similar shape.
*** Further analysis of possible folding savings
** Handling of value-types in shiboken (refactoring, new features and doc)
*** Revived the 2019 PySide 2 comparison viewer
** PYSIDE-3005 OpenGL issues were fixed
** PYSIDE-2795 FreeCAD problem was solved.
** PYSIDE-3013 Font issue was fixed
** PYSIDE-2792 Nested class QMetaObject::Connection (for custom Connection classes)
** PYSIDE-3015 OpcUA support bug fixed
** 6.8 QtGraph examples. The module keeps changing.
** PYSIDE-3014 virtual function on QSpinBox issue fixed
** PYSIDE-2793 memory leak on modbus client.
** 6.9 adaption patches
** Nuitka upgrade 2.3.7: issues with Python 3.12 were fixed.
*** Found newly moc changes were breaking our enums
** Some new issues and limitations on the android ci conf (building python from source)
** Size Reduction
** Flatpak task continues, and people from KDE is involved in the discussion.
*** hashing functions to re-use them.
** pyside6-deploy support case with command line length limitations
*** changing the policy to use absolute size measure (sizebench)
** PYSIDE-2790 Few new bug reports related to QtAsyncio: uncancel not implemented.
*** Removing a few things from the folding patch, in order to merge it
** QtAsyncio cancel errors are not propagated.
** PYSIDE-2997 and PYSIDE-3003 type hints issues were solved. A couple are still open.  
 
===20. June 2024===


=== 6. February 2025 ===
* General
* General
** Interviews going on for a new position and internship.
** We went to FOSDEM and meet many PySide users!
** Commercial / LTS naming on the Installer.
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** 6.7.2 was released last Tuesday
** Reviewing our branching policies. There is interest in branching pyside-setup sooner.
** QtDS package is currently awaiting approval from the team.
** 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
* Bugs & Features
** Android wheels patch integrating. Windows signing issue hopefully fixed.
** Adding TOML support for Python projects in QtCreator
** 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.
** TypeHints new reports, trying to get an idea of what's causing the errors
** PYSIDE-2702 - Flatpak progressing. Discussion with QtCreator led to the impression that an Flatpak extension would be better than Flatpak Baseapp.
** Issues in Flatpak: updating version, checking a cleanup issue. Addressing dependencies issues for optional packages.
*** This enable PySide6 to be bundled with the QtCreator flatpak app
** QtQA internal scripting: Adapting an automatic wheel download.
** Follow-up patches from the internal QtAsyncio presentation.
** Size reduction
** There are two functions in asyncio that are not properly documented.
*** Move virtual function overrides. Only generated on the base classes.
** Type hints:
*** Discovered and fixed a few multiple inheritance with shiboken
*** 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'
** Snippets translation tool: Trying to add a feature to use fully qualified enums.
** PYSIDE-2701 - Binary reduction approach ideas
** clang-tidy warnings were fixes
** QtDS exporting python files will be started soon.
** Handling value types on non-default constructors (inspired by 6.9 changes)
** Improved QML integration being studied.
** 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)


===13. June 2024===
=== 30. January 2025 ===


* General
* General
** 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.
*** 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.
*** 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.
** Preparing 6.8.2
** Boot2Qt had a few issues that were solved.
** Starting process to test windows arm64 (discussion around libclang)
** 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.
** Size reduction [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2701 PYSIDE-2701] : Implemented code reuse for Python overrides of virtual functions
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2702 PYSIDE-2702] - Flatpak base app implementation started.
** QtPythonScripting: continue working on multiple inheritance, added more widgets
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2781 PYSIDE-2781] - pyside6-deploy failure investigation ongoing. Could be a Nuitka issue. User using the latest Nuitka.
** Size reduction: PYSIDE-2701 Folding progress: We can now combine multiple foldings of the same function. This will bring some more reduction.
** Working on improve our typing implementations.
** Simplebrowser example updated
** QtAsyncio: internal presentation including the theory behind and some live examples.
** adding imageviewer docs
** Lazy load: disabled for PyPy, fixing some shiboken-tests
=== 23. January 2025 ===
** QtScrypt: development continues
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2780 PYSIDE-2780] refcount bug in the lazy import fixed
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2751 PYSIDE-2751] 3.13 compatibility patches are ready, nogil under development
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2701 PYSIDE-2701] reduction of binary sizes under investigation, estimating the achievable reduction
 
===06. June 2024===


* General
* General
** Maintenance work next week will keep the CI offline (Monday morning, phase I + Wednesday, phase II)
** [https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kconfig/-/jobs/2497118 KDE testing Qt betas and snapshots]
** PySide 6.8 will support Python 3.10+
*** Should we update our Branching policy?
** Must read https://peps.python.org/pep-0741/
*** 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
** Some issues with the macOS CI units.
** Windows on ARM configuration testing.
** Local raspberry pi 4 (aarch64) for testing: 10.9.78.82
** 6.8.2 scheduled release next week, and branching will happen today.
** 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
** QtPythonScripting: continue working on Stable ABI support and multiple inheritance
** Deployment tests fixed with a custom PySide6 build. There might be corner cases that were missed.
** [ext] 6.9 Designer release issues with macOS drag and drop + bug fixing
** 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)
** PYSIDE-2990 Slot Executed in Signal's Thread Even With Auto & QueuedConnection
** Patches ready for updating python syntax to drop typing.Optional (and use | instead) that will go in once we drop 3.9
*** People is getting the documentation from an outdated wiki page, which is causing new reports.
** Preparing presentation and improvements to QtAsyncio
*** Wiki will be updated.
** PYSIDE-2440 will be prepared.
** Size reduction: we generate a lot of code for parsing keyword arguments. The code was moved to libshiboken and the size was reduced 3%
** op codes changing in Python, is altering some of our internal implementation, like the forgiveness mode.
*** Optimization reviews: it seems it's only the virtual functions, but not the actual bindings.
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2751 planned work for the no-gil feature in Python 3.13
** Size reduction: Windows is giving some issues for special characters, which seems to be also present in Linux.
** smart pointers with lazy loading were not working, but a fix was merged.
** Cross compiling and creating wheels with the new JNI classes bindings. Trying to test them in an emulator, found other issues.
** Qt Designer had a regression that motivated 6.7.2
** pyside6-deploy/project and DS changes integrating, hopefully they will be merged today \o/
** Qt 6.8 adaption taking a lot of work due to doc changes and QtGraphs
** DS-only changes are still in review.
** PYSIDE-2772 issue ended up being a user problem
** TOML integration - continue research on adding new format for python projects
** QtGraphWidgets issue with yocto build was fixed.


===30. May 2024===
=== 16. January 2025 ===


* General
* General
** PySide 6.8 will most probably support Python 3.10+
** 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!
** Evaluating arm64 wheels for Windows
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** Discussion about the Qt for Python in boot2qt
** 6.8.2 will be released on 23th January so far, so we expect providing the wheels in the following days.
** PyPy releases has been on hold due to some internal CI problems.
** 3.13 on the CI still on-going.
** Commercial packages will now be available on the following day after community packages.
** 6.5.4 OSS released
** qtpip is planned to support aarch64
** 6.5.6 commercial lts will be released next week
* Bugs & Features
* Bugs & Features
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2766 PYSIDE-2766] - Android wheels from macOS successful. Patches for review.
** Discussion about QJni* bindings when cross compiling.
*** Testing a sample app now + Modifying https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/pyside/pyside-setup/+/537466
*** It did built (and installed) for aarch64 and x86_64 but armv7a will be tried later on.
** 6.8 adaption is in progress [qtcharts is a bit unstable]
*** The main issue with this story was that it was bindings only for cross compiled pyside
** c++20 research to improve libshiboken
** Exploring toml compatibilities within QtCreator
** qtscrypt progressing to support signal/slot
** DS patches still needs review.
** dev will support python 3.10+ [for 6.8+]
** Binary size work continues
** PYSIDE-2767 pyi improvements.
*** 17% reduction so far, and this could be included in the future-features list.
** lazy init for nested types disrupted the smart pointer support.
*** Once is ready, we might provide an option to disable it to go back to the more readable wrapper code.
** https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2440 type hints optionallity is planned to be implemented.
*** 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.


===23. May 2024===
=== 09. January 2025 ===
* General
* Infra & Releases
** Preparing 6.7.1 with a lot of fixes
** 5.15.17 LTS released
* Bugs & Features
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2747 PYSIDE-2747] Fixed PySide to run on Fedora 40 with 3.12-3
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2749 PYSIDE-2749] Worked on a performance regression related to Lazy Init
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2758 PYSIDE-2758] Added QQuickWebEngineProfile.setUrlRequestInterceptor()
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2762 PYSIDE-2762] Fixed a type hinting bug
** Brushed up and fixed a few examples
** 6.8 Adaption
** Python 3.13 check
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2751 PYSIDE-2751] Python 3.13 first step towards --disable-gil compatibility (no ob_refcnt)
** 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===
* General
* General
** FOSDEM 2025: Qt got a stand!
** Internal Hackathon going on.
* Infra & Releases
* Infra & Releases
** 5.15.17 commercial lts needs to be re-packaged one more time due to 3rd party components updates.
** https://download.qt.io/official_releases/QtForPython/ got restructured and it's now very tidy
** 6.7.1 release will also be re-packed. LE for release is 20th of May
** 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
* Bugs & Features
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2753 PYSIDE-2753] - Added missing libQt6DeclarativeOpcUa binary to wheels
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2966 PYSIDE-2966] Disabled instantiating non-instantiable classes
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2750 PYSIDE-2750] - Added missing libQt6VirtualKeyboardSettings binary to wheels
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-1735 PYSIDE-1735] Examples and tests were ported to use fully qualified enumerations
** 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
** Python Scripting continues (enable adding __repr__ functions)
** Working on macOS cross compilation. The clang parser of shiboken generator needs some changes for cross compilation. Tricky changes incoming.
** Discussion about QJni* bindings when cross compiling.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2748 PYSIDE-2748] - Fixed a type hint error
*** We might try a few new configurations for adding this bindings.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2747 PYSIDE-2747] - Diagnostics and minor fixes for a crash on Fedora, no real fix though
** Tutorial for Boot2Qt and PySide apps deployment
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2711 PYSIDE-2711] - Fixed a bug in QWidget/QObject.parent()
** Doc changes: adding comments for using uv
** Work on type discovery in libshiboken, added helpers to dump internal state, performance considerations
** QML Next: still working on improved decorators for a smoother integration
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2620 PYSIDE-2620] - Adapting to 6.8
** Qt Remote Objects: Big set of patches by external contributor
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2745 PYSIDE-2745] - Fixed a bug with exceptions in 0-delay singleShot timer slots
** Binary size reduction work continues with new ideas from other projects: folding, string handling, renaming, etc.  
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2404 PYSIDE-2404] - Lazy Loading completed by supporting subtypes. This gives 8-9% more performance.
** Yocto builds issues with LLVM still not solved.
** Support for Python 3.13 started - first compatibility before switching to disable-gil
** Possibilities explored to lazy load signatures or save space.


===2. May 2024===
==2024==
 
* 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
** 5.15.17 commercial lts needs to be re-packaged due to 3rd party components updates.
** 6.7.1 to be released next week.
** Add new mechanism to test snapshot wheels.
* Bugs & Features
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2698 PYSIDE-2698] - ListProperty features fixed. Added tests to check all the features.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2705 PYSIDE-2705] - issues with signal disconnect warnings fixed
** macOS cross compilation for Android - stuck on a CMake issue. Progressing well.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2709 PYSIDE-2709] - Analysis ongoing for this QML registration regression
** Work on improving/documenting type discovery in shiboken
** Enumeration support in QtScrypt
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2676 PYSIDE-2676] - PEP 697 extension in Python 3.12 fixed
** BT bug research, cannot be reproduced and application doesn't hang. Connection is not successful.
*** Issue might require special hw
** Documenting QtAsyncio implementation details.
*** An internal presentation is being prepared.
** Possible QtAsyncio feature, 'run' supporting context managers.
** macOS cross compilation for android being tried
 
 
===25. April 2024===
* General
** Successful talk at PyCon DE. Good response.
* Infra & Releases
** Preparing 6.7.1
** 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
** Added a number of new classes
** PYSIDE-2676 issues on ubuntu (might be related to a windows issue as well)
** Implementation of Lazy Groups in order to avoid the regression in 6.7.0 due to multiple inheritance.
** Alternative for Lazy Groups (Fix for the regression on 6.7.0)
*** Work on regressions introduced by lazy initialization [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2675 PYSIDE-2675]
** Work on a crash in Python 3.12 [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2676 PYSIDE-2676]
** 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]
** 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]
** 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===
 
* General
** Bug fixing week
** PyConDE (Mon-Wed next week)
** Planning a workshop for TQtC solution engineers (internal)
** Possibility to include shiboken into the Axivion infra
* Infra & Releases
** 5.15.17 commercial LTS was postponed to Friday. Still need test on Windows.
** 6.5.6 release planned
** 6.7.1 release has been postponed to the first week of May
** DS-compatibility wheel postponed due to CI issues
** We might need to create a testing platform in order to check other errors that are not detectable with simple tests.
* Bugs & Features
** Few new type hints issues from 6.7.0 release, needs to be address on 6.7.1
** QtAsyncio issue related to Task groups. Tricky, because it can be related to Qt Events.
** PYSIDE-2629 Adding more Qt-tools to the wheels
** PYSIDE-2622 Adding a new option to the deploy tool (exposing an option from Nuitka)
** PYSIDE-2675 Lazy loading issues with trees of polymorphic classes.
*** first approach made things less effective
*** The impact of the solution was reduced a bit, by disabling the feature for special multiple-inheritance cases
*** New idea on 'groups' that be handled differently, so we have group or classes grouped and dependant
** 825 qml bug is still around
*** PYSIDE-2676 seems to be a new approach to fix it
** A few customer bugs made it the bug fixing week.
** PYSIDE-2675 type discovery code, class inheritance
** QtAudio -> QAudio refactory
** Virtual function compatibility to modify the signature (from typesystem)
** 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
** Bug fixing week.
** 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
** 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.
**  5.15.17 commercial LTS to be release next week.
** QtDS packages a bit delay due to CI errors.
** Qt Installer (Maintenance tool) has  still some issues with the structure.
* Bugs & Features
** Adding new Qt tools to the wheels (wrappers)
** PYSIDE-2602 special virtual function research
** PYSIDE-2669 designer issue
** PYSIDE-2675 Addressing the lazy import issues that were found in 6.7.0
*** Studying the possible solution, but it needs to consider other cases as well.
*** the *-import handling seems to be related, and affecting the mro content, duplicating some entries.
*** the type discovery handler might be related as well
** Still working on the qml 825 bug issues.
 
===4. April 2024===
* General
** Large part of the team at conferences/on Easter holiday
* Infra & Releases
** Released 6.6.3.1 release with fixes for Quick Controls/Multimedia
** Preparing for 6.7.0
* Bugs & Features
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2646 PYSIDE-2646] Improved cleanup of signal manager objects
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2662 PYSIDE-2662] Fix for a signal in OpcUA
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2663 PYSIDE-2663] Fixed a crash in webengine bindings
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2668 PYSIDE-2668] Fixed an error in enums
 
===28. March 2024===
* General
* Infra & Releases
** Prepared 6.6.3.1 release; 6.6.3 was unfortunately broken due to missing libraries (Quick Controls/Multimedia)
* Bugs & Features
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2654 PYSIDE-2654] Fixed multiple inheritance when no __init__ is in a subclass
** Still investigating a crash on Ubuntu with Python 3.12 and bug_825.py . The crash is deeply hiding in Qt6.
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2652 PYSIDE-2652] Fixed an int overflow
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2649 PYSIDE-2649] Work on building without OpenGL
** [https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/PYSIDE-2653 PYSIDE-2653] Fixed a syntax error in type hints
 
===21. March 2024===
* General
** Ideas to improve the module.
** Most of the team is going on vacation the following weeks.
* Infra & Releases
** 6.7.0 to be released the first week of April [delayed]
** 6.2.12 Commercial LTS to be release in the following days [delayed]
** 6.6.3 to be release next week [delayed]
* Bugs & Features
** 6.8 adaption patches are being worked
** PYSIDE-2638 fix crash QLayout when None is passed
** Documentation updates: for tooling and examples.
** QtRhi missing API provided
** Memory leak regression being worked out
** Shiboken Qt namespaces patches being cherry picked to previous versions.
** Android deployment and qml tool documentations
** Android wheels generation on the CI process is being improved.
** Debugging deep into Nuitka to understand a problem with the lazy loading functionality.
** QAsyncio bug fixed
** Adding more tools docs pages for our tools.
 
===14. March 2024===
* General
** PyConDE schedule is out, don't miss Shyam's talk https://pretalx.com/pyconde-pydata-2024/talk/W7YDRX/
** Python 3.13.0a5 is out.
* Infra & Releases
** 6.7.0 in preparation, docs adjustments and new pages will come. Branching on Monday.
** 6.2.12 LTS release in preparation.
** 6.6.3 will be release next week.
** qtpip 0.1.1 to be released
** dev is already Python 3.8 free, and we support 3.9+ for 6.7+
* Bugs & Features
** Triaging and fixing issues in general: 2638 layout crash.
** PYSIDE-2690 namespaces support continues
** Lazy initialization got merged
*** New improvements might land in future versions
** PYSIDE-2635 OpcUA example problem
** PYSIDE-2633 remoteobjects issue
** Using new icons on the examples
** Testing libclang 18
** QObject.connect bug when a callable is a QObject (workaround with manual overload)
** QIOPipe implementation for QAsyncio (base in the Qt/C++ one)
** New use cases for QAsyncio and aiohttp
** permission API changes got merge
** android wheel compilation was adapted for qt 6.7.0 (PR on python-for-android was merged)
** PYSIDE-1639 QLocale issue was fixed
 
===07. March 2024===
* General
** Participation in FOSS Backstage
* Infra & Releases
** 6.5.5 Commercial LTS was released
** 5.15.13 OSS Package will be released tomorrow
** qtpip 0.1.1 release delayed
** Python 3.8 deprecation is still pending due to CI configuration dependencies.
* Bugs & Features
** permission api changes are mostly merged, one pending https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/pyside/pyside-setup/+/536759/15
** all deployment fixes are in.
** lazy initialization work continues, and some issues were fixed already.
*** Ubuntu 22.04 | Python 3.10.2 |is showing an issue with scriptableapplication
** Continue implementing more API for QtAsyncio which is currently working well
** two pending change for 6.7.0 and 6.6.3 to be merged.
** PYSIDE-2590 qt namespaces support required a patch for Qt/C++
** PYSIDE-2619 gentoo issue with a build
** PYSIDE-2624 typing issue with '/' is being researched
** Qt Icon Teams issues were discovered
** PYSIDE-2602 virtual function research on a special signature
** One regression related to the QObject.connect changes.
 
===29. February 2024===
 
* General
** Leap day!
** Documentation changes
* Infra & Releases
** 6.7.0 will drop support of Python 3.8
** 6.5.5 to be released in the following days
** 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
** PYSIDE-2599 QMatrix3x3 issues with QVariant
** PYSIDE-2605 Embedding an application, using .style() - qAPP
** PYSIDE-2590 QT_NAMESPACES support
** PYSIDE-2602 clash on signature for QtWebEngine returning tuple
** Preparing 6.5.5 and 6.7.0 releases.
** PYSIDE-2612 CMake issue from Anaconda builds when find_package
** macOS permissions changes are almost all merged
** Windows BTLE services crash
** QIO-class are required for some new QAsyncio API using pipes
** Lazy loading moving forward, but still a few issues are around
*** A couple of shiboken tests seems to have outdated imports that are not helping.
*** shiboken compatibility types missing
** Typing issues being solved in order to improve the pyi quality
 
===22. February 2024===
* General
** Brainstorming discussion about new JIRA items.
* 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
** Permission API issue failing on the release framework. QtLocation problems were addressed.
** QtAsyncio blog post was published.
** 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.
** Lazy initialization of numpy support in PySide, to improve the general lazy loading effort.
** Starting documenting pyside6-* tools
** PYSIDE-2610 Qt3D issues
** 6.7 adaption was a lot of work, namespaces were something tricky.
** 6.7 changelog drafted.
** Started to improve the type hinting issues.
 
===15. February 2024===
 
* General
** Brainstorming session was held.
** Europython Call for Proposal is open!
* Infra & Releases
** 6.6.2 release waiting for Qt/C++ packages to be done.
** Commercial 6.5.5 LTS to be out next week.
** Some improvements to the CI and macOS behavior
** Cherry pick bot on commercial repositories.
* Bugs & Features
** singleShot changes are merged, keep an eye on strange behavior.
** 6.7 adaption: metaobjectdump improvements
** 6.6.2 fixes with the commercial shibokenwizard
** lupdate support for pyside improved (qm files)
** pyside6-project problems with dry-run were fixed. Some improvements planned.
** CI android wheels upgrade [skip armv7 in the meantime]
** Lazy imports research continues, we see lots of improvements on apple M* devices.
 
 
===8. February 2024===
 
* General
** We got a PyConDE 2024 talk accepted (python -> android deployment)!
* Infra & Releases
** Addressing some issues with the android wheels
** 6.6.2 got delayed until next week
** Preparing for the 6.7 switch on dev
* Bugs & Features
** macOS: permission api patches ready for review
** singleShot patches merged
** Lazy initialization was finished, and ready for discussion.
** Check compatibility with the new REST module (from Qt/C++)
** Preparations for 6.7 continues.


===1. February 2024===
*[[Qt for Python Development Notes 2024]]
 
* General
** Interest from KDE to enable flatpak packages (maybe base pyside app).
** Discussion on adding more tutorials of specific functionality.
** CI Maintenance Break next Monday (first Monday of each month)
* Infra & Releases
** no unity build discussion and checks
** 6.6.2 to be released next week.
** More granularity on the commercial wheels: shiboken wizard wheel.
* 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.
** Android: using the master branch on python-for-android, and other changes related for macOS deployment.
** PYSIDE-2597 optimization for the deployment procedure
** Lazy initialization: works continues, and it's looking good. 13 bugs to go on lazy mode. The new implementation seems to be working better.
** 6.7 adaptation still in progress (many changes from Qt)
** General documentation adjustments
** Improvements on shiboken: better error messages
** Qt Namespaces compatibility attempts.
** Moving away from a couple of setup.py options towards pyproject.toml after upgrading 'build' to 1.0.x
** Design Studio compatibility wheel work continues
 
 
===25. January 2024===
 
* 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
** Decouple of the commercial wheels in order to have a finer granularity and simpler tree on the Qt Installer (Maintenance Tool)
** 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
** VS Code will use .flake8 (formerly setup.cfg) file for configuration once merged
** 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).
** 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).
** Scripting: code simplification, and massage it to a Qt module.
** Documentation updates to fix issues we had.
** Unity build some issues when building without.
** 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
* Infra & Releases
** Commercial LTS 6.2.11 was released
** Add missing tags OSS LTS 5.15.x
** 6.6.2 scheduled by the end of the month
** Release documentation to be written to have tasks on JIRA
* Bugs & Features
** Python Scripting: looking into stable API, and cleanup
** PYSIDE-2577 doxygen issue
** PYSIDE-2570 closing some roadmap items
** Polishing documentation to use more sphinx directives
** Qt 6.7 adaption
** Addressing some flake8 issues in the build_script
** macOS permission API work continues: limitation for interpreted script, only compatible when deployed. Working around nuitka.
** singleShot: trying to solve a corner case when no sender is specified (for using the C++ function directly)
** Fixing some CI problems with 3.11 -> 3.12 changes.
** PYSIDE-2404 adding more information regarding the lazy evaluation, new approach might work.
** pyside6 is now an official recipe on the python-for-android!
** Improvements to the doc build process
 
===11. January 2024===
 
* General
** Hackathon at TQtC
** CI process presentation
* Infra & Releases
** Commercial LTS 6.5.4 release starting (to be finished today)
** Commercial LTS 6.2.11 still pending release
** 6.6.2 schedule by the end of the month.
** CI still showing some issues after the maintenance break.
** Update of the Python versions are pending.
* Bugs & Features
** Fixing a few small issues with QtAsyncio
** Documentation for the QtAsyncio is currently in review.
** New behavior for singleShot (relying on the C++ impl)
** macOS request permission API work continues.
** 6.7 adaptions patches
** M2M fixes on the current impl
** Native interfaces were added (new ones) to public headers
** favicon issue with out docs
** Making our doc diagram generation optional
** Improvements for the doc build process
 
===04.January 2024===
* General
** Happy new year fellow readers :D
** New OKR organization
** Keeping in an eye on Conferences
** PyPy is now on 3.10
** Ideas on the wheel organization for the Qt Installer
* Infra & Releases
** CI Maintenance break continues. Some new issues were discovered.
** Pending releases: 6.2.11 and 6.5.4
** Android [https://download.qt.io/snapshots/ci/pyside/test/Android/aarch64/ wheels for testing] purposes are available (not for production)
** Xcode issues with a new M3
** Planning the inclusion of Python 3.12 in the CI
* Bugs & Features
** async: A few bug fixes were pushed and ready for review
** async: the module is missing from our docs
** async: we have been getting some interests from users, so new issues are appearing.
** new android tag added to the examples for a better browsing
** pyside6 designer pyenv crash was fixed
** pyside cmake module update crash was fixed
** working on the request permission API for macOS
** docs: free functions as separate section and other improvements
** Python scripting in c++ works continues
** PyPy 3.10 compatibility patches
** nogil: working again on a compatibility with PEP703
*** locking mechanism for our modules.
** Typing adjustments, we need '/' in our signatures due to not having keywords parameters.


==2023==
==2023==

Latest revision as of 09:58, 13 March 2025


2025

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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