[PyQt] PyQt 4.6.1 missing QPixmap.fromWinHICON()?

[Giovanni Bajo]

On sab, 2009-10-24 at 12:23 -0400, Kurt Schwarz wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Giovanni Bajo <rasky at develer.com>
> wrote:
>         
>         On sab, 2009-10-24 at 11:26 -0400, Kurt Schwarz wrote:
>         > Hello,
>         >
>         >
>         > According the Nokia's offical Qt 4.6 doccuments they have
>         added
>         > a fromWinHICON() to the QPixmap class, this function appears
>         to be
>         > missing in the latest 4.6.1 PyQt build.
>         >
>         >
>         > "AttributeError: type object 'QPixmap' has no attribute
>         > 'fromWinHICON'"
>         >
>         >
>         > Will we see this function added to PyQt?
>         
>         
>         When PyQt will support Qt 4.6, which is no before than Qt 4.6
>         is
>         released.
>         
>         You're probably confused by the fact that PyQt version
>         numbering scheme
>         is very similar to Qt's. In fact, the two version numbers
>         happen only to
>         match by chance (and have been doing so in the past 4 years at
>         least,
>         unfortunately).
>         
>         I have previously proposed to either bind the numbering no
>         matter what
>         (that is: keep on releasing even major versions of PyQt as
>         4.5.X until
>         Qt 4.6 is out) or to completely change PyQt numbering scheme
>         so not to
>         cause any confusion (eg: PyQt r109).
>         --
>         Giovanni Bajo
>         Develer S.r.l.
>         http://www.develer.com
> 
> 
> Thanks for the information, I was unaware that the version numbers
> where not the same.
> Looking at a couple google results it seems that Qt 4.6 won't be out
> untill end of 2009, do you happen to know of a more specific date?

They don't publish release dates in advance. It's in beta right now, so
I think they're aiming the end of this year.
-- 
Giovanni Bajo
Develer S.r.l.
http://www.develer.com