>> I can build tdebindings against ruby
>> 1.8.7 and 1.9.1 without failure against TQt3.
>>
>> I thought I'd give qtsharp a whirl. I had to install mono
>> and pnet. I received build errors for a lack of libqtc.la.
>>
>> Looks like that file is part of some kind of Qt C# bindings
>> that needs to exist before building tdebindings. The best I
>> can tell those bindings no longer exist.
>>
>> I found old discussion threads that seem to indicate qtsharp
>> has been broken and unsupported in (k)tdebindings for many
>> years. The configure.in.in (very last line) indicates
>> likewise.
>>
>> The short term solution is to use the DO_NOT_COMPILE option,
>> which already exists in configure.in.in.
>>
>> Building against ruby 1.9.1 requires a set of patches, all
>> of which are ruby 1.9.x related.
>>
>> Building against 1.8.7 required some nominal patching too.
>>
>> With both there are strange messages that look like
>> failures, apparently not fatal, but need attention. I notice
>> differences between the older kdebindings binary package and
>> the one I build. That tells me some files are not building.
>>
>> I do not have any of the tdebindings support packages
>> installed, which likely makes a difference.
>
> Here is what I notice is different between TDE and 3.5.10:
>
> KDE 3.5.10                TDE GIT (4395)
> =============================================
> ----------                dcopidl2java
> embedjs                   embedjs
> javalib                   ----------
> jsaccess                  ----------
> kdepyuic                  ----------
> kjscmd                    kjscmd
> koala                     ----------
> krubyinit                 krubyinit
> pylupdate                 ----------
> pyuic                     ----------
> qtrubyinit                qtrubyinit
> rbkconfig_compiler        rbkconfig_compiler
> rbqtapi                   rbqtapi
> rbqtsh                    rbqtsh
> rbuic                     rbuic
> sip                       ----------
> ----------                shell_xparthost
> ----------                xp_notepad
>
> pylupdate and pyuic were compiled in 3.5.10 because the 3.5.10 sources
> contained copies of the upstream PyQt3. I presume because PyQt3 will not
> build against TQt3 that those two apps are now lost to history?
>
> kdepyuic was compiled in 3.5.10 because the 3.5.10 sources contained
> copies of the upstream PyKDE3. Is that app available by building
> python-trinity?
>
> sip was compiled in 3.5.10 because the 3.5.10 sources contained copies of
> the upstream sip. Most distros now provide sip separately.
>
> Remaining mysteries are why javalib, jsaccess, and koala did not build.
> Any ideas?
>
> Darrell

PyQt3 and SIP were removed from tdebindings and placed in their own
directories to modularize the builds somewhat.  IIRC at this point they
are in sip4 and python-tqt in GIT.

Tim