diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'sources/pyside6/doc/faq.rst')
-rw-r--r-- | sources/pyside6/doc/faq.rst | 37 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sources/pyside6/doc/faq.rst b/sources/pyside6/doc/faq.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..39084261e --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/pyside6/doc/faq.rst @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +.. _faq: + +:orphan: + +Frequently Asked Questions +========================== + +**When did The Qt Company adopt PySide6?** + In April 2016 `The Qt Company <https://qt.io>`_ decided to properly support the port. For more + information, see `<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/pyside-dev/pqwzngAGLWE>`_. + +**Why use PySide6 and not PySide?** + Since PySide was developed for Qt 4, we now use PySide6 to imply that it is for a newer version, + after it was ported to support Qt 5. + +**Where I can find information about the old PySide project?** + The project's old wiki page is available on PySide, but the project is now deprecated and not + supported. + +**There are three wheels (pyside6, shiboken6, and shiboken6_generator), what's the difference?** + + Before the official release, everything was in one big wheel, so it made sense to split these + into separate wheels, each for the major projects currently in development: + + * **pyside6**: contains all the PySide6 modules to use the Qt framework; also depends on the + shiboken6 module. + * **shiboken6**: contains the shiboken6 module with helper functions for PySide6. + * **shiboken6_generator**: contains the generator binary that can work with a C++ project and a + typesystem to generate Python bindings. + If you want to generate bindings for a Qt/C++ project, there won't be any linking to the Qt + shared libraries; you need to do this by hand. We recommend building PySide6 from scratch + to have everything properly linked. + +**Why is the shiboken6_generator not installed automatically?** + It's not necessary to install the shiboken6_generator to use PySide6. The package is a result of + the wheel splitting process. To use the generator, it's recommended to build it from scratch to + have the proper Qt linking. |