Qt 6 and Python?

[Franky123]

Can the brand new Qt 6 already be used with Python/PySide2 ?

[JonB]

@Franky123
Do you mean specifically PySide2(I think not) or for Python do you include PyQt5? The latter has had some work done for Qt6, though I don't think it's the full shebang yet, e.g.

On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 05:06:42PM +0100, Phil Thompson wrote:

PyQt6 and SIP v6 snapshots are now available on their respective
download
pages.

Before you get too excited, PyQt6 currently builds against Qt5 but
does
include the planned incompatibilities with PyQt5 (summarised on the
download
page).

Join their mailing list if you want to find out the PyQt6 state. My guess (don't quote me!) is that PyQt will get there before PySide2 does....

[EDIT: I stand totally corrected by @eyllanesc below! I had not come across PySide6 It doesn't come up from Googling PySide Qt6, which is a bit of a shame...]

[eyllanesc]

@Franky123 Qt has created the pyside6 package for this: https://pypi.org/project/PySide6 : python -m pip install pyside6

[Franky123]

To answer myself, there is a new post on the Qt Blog from today that gives a bit more insights:

Qt for Python 6 released

[aorcl]

@Franky123 I tried PySide6 and it actually works :)