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> This was a computer graphics conference, which has a lot of Python2 deeply integrated to this day (Python3 is a 2020 goal!). Were you at SIGGRAPH? One of the

by mroche 8y ago

> This was a computer graphics conference, which has a lot of Python2 deeply integrated to this day (Python3 is a 2020 goal!). Were you at SIGGRAPH? One of these days I’m going to make it to the conference and attend a meeting on the Platform. I was a little disappointed that 3.6 got offset to a tech preview with 2020 as the goal, but it’ll be worth it if we can get everyone using mainline Qt 5.12 AND official 5.12 PySide (Qt for Python...). The future is bright for the VFX Platform! Just not with QML, Widgets are here to stay for these kinds of apps.

pfranz 8y ago
Yep. The talk I had attended was specifically about Qt. Most of the VFX reference platform discussion happens on the mailing list before Siggraph since they try to present next year's platform at the conference giving companies enough time to implement them by the new calendar year. But it is really cool to have people sit in a room together and share the problems/solutions only a few people at every company have to deal with. Python3 has been a topic brought up for many years and pushed off for other things. I'm kind of surprised how much progress they've made in moving these companies forward and keeping them roughly in step.
- mroche 8y ago
  I remember the reaction on the list when Python 3 was initially added and set (before Qt 5.12 was added). Felt like a universal sigh of relief. Then the discussion about which minor version to choose (3.7 was due in a few months at the time), but the general consensus was “just get us on 3, doesn’t matter which” so 3.6 it is. My only concern right now is Autodesk potentially dragging their feet on this, which I really hope they don’t do. But they’ve also got a lot of other things on their plate. A bit grumpy that their M2019 release is still using Qt 5.6.1 even with their several month delay that went into 2019, but maybe they’ll do something radical and upgrade it through. I remember Wayne and others being happy about the push to GCC 6.3 and finally being able to use C++14.

by mroche 8y ago

pfranz 8y ago

Yep. The talk I had attended was specifically about Qt. Most of the VFX reference platform discussion happens on the mailing list before Siggraph since they try to present next year's platform at the conference giving companies enough time to implement them by the new calendar year. But it is really cool to have people sit in a room together and share the problems/solutions only a few people at every company have to deal with. Python3 has been a topic brought up for many years and pushed off for other things. I'm kind of surprised how much progress they've made in moving these companies forward and keeping them roughly in step.

mroche 8y ago
I remember the reaction on the list when Python 3 was initially added and set (before Qt 5.12 was added). Felt like a universal sigh of relief. Then the discussion about which minor version to choose (3.7 was due in a few months at the time), but the general consensus was “just get us on 3, doesn’t matter which” so 3.6 it is. My only concern right now is Autodesk potentially dragging their feet on this, which I really hope they don’t do. But they’ve also got a lot of other things on their plate. A bit grumpy that their M2019 release is still using Qt 5.6.1 even with their several month delay that went into 2019, but maybe they’ll do something radical and upgrade it through. I remember Wayne and others being happy about the push to GCC 6.3 and finally being able to use C++14.