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Subject: Re: [PyQt] Installing PyQt 5 on Mac OS X (10.6.8 Snow Leopard) <- reverting to 4.8
From: Anzir Boodoo <ab () transcience ! co ! uk>
Date: 2013-06-29 1:47:23
Message-ID: F60A8E78-8C0D-4384-85A4-B43AA713EC08 () transcience ! co ! uk
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William,
On 29 Jun 2013, at 01:55, William Kyngesburye wrote:
> I was going to try it myself (haven't installed Qt5 yet, no need), but for some \
> dumb reason, Qt5 switched to a custom Qt-made installer for their binaries. I \
> don't trust them to not do something weird.
> Since the only thing I compile doesn't support Qt5 yet (and may not for a long \
> while), I really don't have enough interest to try compiling Qt5.
> If you don't absolutely need Qt5, go with 4.8. I did find one discussion topic for \
> Qt5 saying that the binary installer for 5.0.1 did not function properly on OS X \
> 10.6 and you needed to compile Qt5, but I didn't see anything if this was fixed in \
> the 5.0.2 installer.
I think I came to that conclusion just before I left the office, and think I'll cut \
my losses...
I'm learning Qt (and PyQt) for QGIS, so it's quite comforting that Qt 5 isn't going \
to be needed for a while, and 4.8 will be fine for the forseeable...
Thanks for your help, and for the work you've been doing on QGIS on OS X.
--
Anzir Boodoo, PhD student
The Institute for Transport Studies, The University of Leeds, LEEDS LS2 9JT
QUEEN'S ANNIVERSARY PRIZE WINNERS - 'sustained transport excellence' - \
www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize
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