[Python-modules-team] Bug#617203: python-pyside.qtgui: QApplication / Problem with unicode parameters

[Rainer Poisel]

Package: python-pyside.qtgui
Version: 0.4.2-1
Severity: normal


Hi,

I want to use eric4 when programming with PySide. It's not possible
because QApplication does not allow unicode arguments. The unicode issue
of QApplication should have been solved in PySide already:
http://lists.openbossa.org/pipermail/pyside/2010-October/001298.html

It does not seem to be solved for the debian packages, although the
packages have the correct version number (see below) with this issue
fixed.

This is the error I get:
8<================================================
phylos:/tmp/gui% python
Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Oct  9 2010, 12:24:52) 
[GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from PySide.QtGui import QApplication
>>> app = QApplication([u"pysidetext.py"])
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
	TypeError: bad argument type for built-in operation
	>>> 
8<================================================

Thx for reading,
  Rainer

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages python-pyside.qtgui depends on:
ii  libc6                      2.11.2-7      Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcc1                    1:4.4.5-4     GCC support library
ii  libpyside0.4               0.4.2-1       Python bindings for Qt 4 (base fil
ii  libpython2.6               2.6.6-6       Shared Python runtime library (ver
ii  libqtcore4                 4:4.7.0~rc1-1 Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4                  4:4.7.0~rc1-1 Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libshiboken0.5             0.5.1-1       CPython bindings generator for C++
ii  libstdc++6                 4.4.5-4       The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  python                     2.6.6-4       interactive high-level object-orie
ii  python-support             1.0.10        automated rebuilding support for P
ii  python2.5                  2.5.5-10      An interactive high-level object-o
ii  libpyside-dev              0.4.2-1       Python bindings for Qt 4 (development files)
ii  libpyside0.4               0.4.2-1       Python bindings for Qt 4 (base files)
ii  python-pyside              0.4.2-1       Python bindings for Qt4 (big metapackage)
ii  python-pyside.phonon       0.4.2-1       Qt 4 Phonon module - Python bindings
ii  python-pyside.qtcore       0.4.2-1       Qt 4 core module - Python bindings
ii  python-pyside.qtdeclarative 0.4.2-1      Qt 4 Declarative module - Python bindings
ii  python-pyside.qtgui        0.4.2-1       Qt 4 GUI module - Python bindings
ii  python-pyside.qthelp       0.4.2-1       Qt 4 help module - Python bindings
ii  python-pyside.qtnetwork    0.4.2-1       Qt 4 network module - Python bindings
ii  python-pyside.qtopengl     0.4.2-1       Qt 4 OpenGL module - Python bindings
ii  python-pyside.qtscript     0.4.2-1       Qt 4 script module - Python bindings
ii  python-pyside.qtsql        0.4.2-1       Qt 4 SQL module - Python bindings
ii  python-pyside.qtsvg        0.4.2-1       Qt 4 SVG module - Python bindings
ii  python-pyside.qttest       0.4.2-1       Qt 4 test module - Python bindings
ii  python-pyside.qtuitools    0.4.2-1       Qt 4 UI tools module - Python bindings
ii  python-pyside.qtwebkit     0.4.2-1       Qt 4 WebKit module - Python bindings
ii  python-pyside.qtxml        0.4.2-1       Qt 4 XML module - Python bindings


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