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Is PySide 1.2.4 stable? The newest release is crashing with an odd Error

I spent a week debugging a problem that got Python to crash (not give a scripting error, literally crash its VM) due to a random error.

After tracking this for days using procdump, I found that PySide 1.2.4 is causing the problem. Is their stable version unstable?

Solution

  • According to pip standards, a stable release has to be put when a normal installation command is given, hence

    pip install pyside

    should provide a stable version. I spent a week debugging a problem that got Python to crash (not give a scripting error, literally crash its VM) due to a random error. After tracking this for days using procdump, I found that PySide is causing the problem. Following is the bug extracted from the dump file using WinDbg:

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    I went there to report the issue, and got shocked to find that the current standard version provided by pip/pypi (1.2.4) is not even stable! It's the dev version!!! Check this screenshot from their reporting website:

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    Of course PySide is not for free for commercial purposes, so are they using people's resources to test their dev version without telling them? This is so unethical and I don't want others to fall in the same trap I had. Please be aware of this!

    Hence, when you install PySide with pip, use this command:

    pip install pyside==1.2.2

    Version 1.2.2 seems fairly stable with no such problems. Don't forget to uninstall the current version of PySide before installing the new one using that command.

    Hope this helps.