Bump PySide2 to PySide6

[microhobby]

The issue we have today is that apparently we don't have the PySide6 packages for armv7 and armv8.
One possibility would be PyQt6: https://www.pythonguis.com/faq/pyqt6-vs-pyside6/

[escherstair]

Hi @microhobby
I don't know from the technical point of view, but from the licensing point of view, I don't think PyQt6 is an option.
From https://www.pythonguis.com/faq/pyqt6-vs-pyside6/ I see that

Licensing

The main notable difference between the two versions is licensing — with PyQt6 being available under a GPL or commercial license, and PySide6 under a LGPL license.

If you are planning to release your software itself under the GPL, or you are developing software which will not be distributed, the GPL requirement of PyQt6 is unlikely to be an issue. However, if you want to distribute your software but not share your source code you will need to purchase a commercial license from Riverbank for PyQt6 or use PySide6.

and on the FAQ on the implications of GPL vs LGPL licensing in PyQt/PySide apps.

I think that python3Pyside2QML is the only template that uses PySide2 (and maybe will use PyQt6), and so it's the only one impacted by licensing issue.
Can you confirm this?

[microhobby]

hey @escherstair, yes this license subject is also something to think of. As you pointed, I agree that because this license we should not go to PyQt6, since maybe we will have users that should not agree to share their application source code.

The option that left is build the binaries in the Dockerfile. The con is that the maintainer will have more maintenance work, instead of only use the Debian package.

[escherstair]

I imagine you look here for the packages, and both armv7 and armv8 arch are not available.

I'm not an expert, but aren't these packages ok?

• armv7
• armv8

[microhobby]

Hey @escherstair,

we need to check from Debian https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/pyside2-tools
So, for pyside we have only the pyside2 on Debian Bookworm.
We check for Debian because the base images used by Toradex, and Toradex provide packages for specific hardware libs, are based on Debian.

[Nano-HK]

Hey, I am facing the same issue. How can I use pyside2 on bookworm? I can't manage to make it work with the packages available. Appreciate any help!

[escherstair]

This should be the status of pyside6 in Debian.
I can be wrong but it seems that some work is in progresso on sid (unstable) only.