Merge pull request #2886 from ccordoba12/remove-pyside-support

Remove official support for PySide

Author: ccordoba12

Diff for: README.md

@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ Spyder is a Python development environment with a lot of features:
 
 * **History log**
 
-Spyder may also be used as a PyQt4/PySide extension library (module 
+Spyder may also be used as a PyQt5/PyQt4 extension library (module 
 `spyderlib`). For example, the Python interactive shell widget used in
-Spyder may be embedded in your own PyQt4/PySide application.
+Spyder may be embedded in your own PyQt5/PyQt4 application.
 
 
 ## Documentation
@@ -105,14 +105,14 @@ For more details on supported platforms, please refer to our
 [installation instructions](http://pythonhosted.org/spyder/installation.html).
 
 **Important note**: This does not install the graphical Python libraries (i.e.
-PyQt4, PyQt5 or PySide) that Spyder depend on. Those have to be installed
-separately after installing Python.
+PyQt5 or PyQt4) that Spyder depend on. Those have to be installed separately
+after installing Python.
 
 
 ## Running from source
 
 The fastest way to run Spyder is to get the source code using git, install
-PyQt4, PyQt5 or PySide, and run these commands:
+PyQt5 or PyQt4, and run these commands:
 
 1. `pip install qtawesome` or `conda install -c spyder-ide qtawesome`
 2. `cd /your/spyder/git-clone`
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ a Python version greater than 2.7 (Python 3.2 is not supported anymore).
 ### Runtime dependencies
 
 * **Python** 2.7 or 3.3+
-* **PyQt4** 4.6+, **PyQt5** 5.2+ or **PySide** 1.2.0+: PyQt4 is recommended.
+* **PyQt5** 5.2+ or **PyQt4** 4.6+: PyQt5 is recommended.
 * **IPython** 3.0 or **qtconsole**: Enhanced Python interpreter.
 * **Rope** and/or **Jedi** 0.8.1: Editor code completion, calltips
   and go-to-definition.

Diff for: bootstrap.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 options.""")
 parser.add_option('--gui', default=None,
                   help="GUI toolkit: pyqt5 (for PyQt5), pyqt (for PyQt4) or "
-                       "pyside (for PySide)")
+                       "pyside (for PySide, deprecated)")
 parser.add_option('--hide-console', action='store_true',
                   default=False, help="Hide parent console window (Windows only)")
 parser.add_option('--test', dest="test", action='store_true', default=False,
@@ -109,15 +109,16 @@
 if options.gui is None:
     try:
         import PyQt5  # analysis:ignore
-        print("02. PyQt5 is detected, selecting (experimental)")
+        print("02. PyQt5 is detected, selecting")
         os.environ['QT_API'] = 'pyqt5'
     except ImportError:
         try:
-            import PySide  # analysis:ignore
-            print("02. PySide is detected, selecting")
-            os.environ['QT_API'] = 'pyside'
+            import PyQt4  # analysis:ignore
+            print("02. PyQt4 is detected, selecting")
+            os.environ['QT_API'] = 'pyqt'
         except ImportError:
-            print("02. No PyQt5 or PySide detected, using PyQt4 if available")
+            print("02. No PyQt5 or PyQt4 detected, using PySide if available "
+                  "(deprecated)")
 else:
     print ("02. Skipping GUI toolkit detection")
     os.environ['QT_API'] = options.gui

Diff for: doc/installation.rst

@@ -155,8 +155,9 @@ The minimal requirements to run Spyder are
 
 * `Python <http://www.python.org/>`_ 2.6+
 
-* `PyQt4 <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download>`_ >= v4.6 or
-  `PySide <http://pyside.org/>`_ >=1.2.0 (PyQt4 is recommended).
+* `PyQt5 <https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download5>`_ >= v5.2 or
+  `PyQt4 <https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download>`_ >=4.6.0
+  (PyQt5 is recommended).
 
 
 Recommended modules

Diff for: doc/overview.rst

@@ -75,6 +75,6 @@ Key features:
 * :doc:`projectexplorer` (support Pydev project import)
 
 
-Spyder may also be used as a PyQt4 or PySide extension library 
-(module 'spyderlib'). For example, the Python interactive shell widget 
-used in Spyder may be embedded in your own PyQt4 or PySide application.
+Spyder may also be used as a PyQt5 or PyQt4 extension library 
+(module 'spyderlib'). For example, the Python interactive shell widget
+used in Spyder may be embedded in your own PyQt5 or PyQt4 application.

Diff for: setup.py

@@ -248,15 +248,15 @@ def run(self):
       long_description=WININST_MSG + \
 """Spyder is an interactive Python development environment providing
 MATLAB-like features in a simple and light-weighted software.
-It also provides ready-to-use pure-Python widgets to your PyQt4 or
-PySide application: source code editor with syntax highlighting and
+It also provides ready-to-use pure-Python widgets to your PyQt5 or
+PyQt4 application: source code editor with syntax highlighting and
 code introspection/analysis features, NumPy array editor, dictionary
 editor, Python console, etc.""",
       download_url='%s/files/%s-%s.zip' % (__project_url__, NAME, __version__),
       author="The Spyder Development Team",
       url=__project_url__,
       license='MIT',
-      keywords='PyQt4 PySide editor shell console widgets IDE',
+      keywords='PyQt5 PyQt4 editor shell console widgets IDE',
       platforms=['any'],
       packages=get_packages(),
       package_data={LIBNAME: get_package_data(LIBNAME, EXTLIST),

Diff for: spyderlib/__init__.py

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def get_versions(reporev=True):
         'python': platform.python_version(),  # "2.7.3"
         'bitness': 64 if sys.maxsize > 2**32 else 32,
         'qt': spyderlib.qt.QtCore.__version__,
-        'qt_api': spyderlib.qt.API_NAME,      # PySide or PyQt4
+        'qt_api': spyderlib.qt.API_NAME,      # PyQt5 or PyQt4
         'qt_api_ver': spyderlib.qt.__version__,
         'system': system,   # Linux, Windows, ...
         'revision': revision,  # '9fdf926eccce'

Diff for: spyderlib/qt/__init__.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Licensed under the terms of the MIT License
 # (see spyderlib/__init__.py for details)
 
-"""Transitional package (PyQt4 --> PySide)"""
+"""Spyder Qt Shim"""
 
 import os
 

Diff for: spyderlib/requirements.py

@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ def check_path():
 
 def check_qt():
     """Check Qt binding requirements"""
-    qt_infos = dict(pyqt5=("PyQt5", "5.2"), pyqt=("PyQt4", "4.6"),
-                    pyside=("PySide", "1.2.0"))
+    qt_infos = dict(pyqt5=("PyQt5", "5.2"), pyqt=("PyQt4", "4.6"))
     try:
         from spyderlib import qt
         package_name, required_ver = qt_infos[qt.API]
@@ -47,9 +46,7 @@ def check_qt():
                          % (package_name, required_ver, actual_ver))
     except ImportError:
         show_warning("Please check Spyder installation requirements:\n\n"
-                     "%s %s+ or\n"
                      "%s %s+ or\n"
                      "%s %s+\n\n"
                      "is required to run Spyder"
-                     % (qt_infos['pyqt'] + qt_infos['pyside'] + \
-                        qt_infos['pyqt5']))
+                     % (qt_infos['pyqt5'] + qt_infos['pyqt']))