PyQt-3.18.1 masked

[pingufunkybeat]

Apparently, PyQt 3 is masked pending removal because support was dropped in qscintilla-python.

But I need PyQt 3, because I depend on a PyQt3 application (mnemosyne) daily. Losing PyQt3 is not an option.

What is the best way to proceed? Generally, the idea of killing all Qt3 applications in python is a rather extreme one. I'm thinking:

- copy PyQt-3.18.1.ebuild to my local overlay
- unmask it manually
- mask >=qscintilla-python-2.4

This will keep my system working for a while, until something requires a more recent version of qscintilla-python (probably KDE 4.4, which is coming soon).

Any better ideas? Or is there a simple solution I'm missing? Maybe hack together a statically linked PyQt3 that doesn't change and is independent of future system updates?

[aceFruchtsaft]

PyQt, like all the other Qt3/KDE3-related stuff, is in the kde-sunset overlay and will remain there even after it is purged from the portage tree. Use layman to grab kde-sunset and unmask the PyQt.

[pingufunkybeat]

Thank you.

will this create problems with later versions of qscintilla-python, though?

[yngwin]

That depends on how well the kde-sunset overlay will be maintained.
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[wrc1944]

So, if I understand correctly, the following is now irrelevant, and I can just remove PyQt-3.18.1, and rerun emerge @preserved-rebuild . Revdep-rebuild says my system is consistent, and equery d PyQt turns up nothing.

[yngwin]