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  1. Qt for Python
  2. PYSIDE-1040

Distribute sdist tarbal for PySide2 on PyPI

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    • 5.12.3
    • PySide, Shiboken
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    •  I found this in particular on my aarch64 machine running Arch Linux ARM, however, this applies to any non-x86 or x86_64 architecture or platform that are not provided by the distributed wheels.

      Pyside2 and Shiboken are only distributed as wheels for x86 and x86_64 architectures.

      This makes it so that anyone not on theses architectures (e.g. aarch64, ARMv7) cannot install via pypi.

       

      Even if binary distributions for these architectures is too much of a development overhead, source distributions are the standard for at least being able to attempt installation.
      Sure, there are additional build dependencies required, but most devs attempting a source install should recognize that

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            crmaurei Cristian Maureira-Fredes
            ksunden Kyle Sunden
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