Some discussions about PyDebloatX packaging.

[space9bug]

1. Package size(It's not big, so you can use solid. Network transmission is always slow.) LZMA(Solid)
2. Deletable DLL(We can add it again when we need to.) libEGL.dll libGLESv2.dll opengl32sw.dll Qt5DBus.dll Qt5Network.dll Qt5Qml.dll Qt5QmlModels.dll Qt5Quick.dll Qt5WebSockets.dll
3. Version(It just runs on Windows 10.) Latest Python 3 Release - Python 3.9.1 32-bit and 64-bit

[Teraskull]

Ok, I will later test if PyInstaller is stable enough for Python 3.9.1, and will test the 32-bit version as well.

Also, it would be better to rename the portable version PyDebloatX_portable.exe instead of PyDebloatX.exe, so it could go along with the PyDebloatX_setup.exe.

Regarding the deletable DLLs, is deleting them with the bat file the best way?

Didn't look at LZMA compression yet, would it work in our case?

[space9bug]

1. NSIS settings LZMA(Solid)
2. Two ways: PyDebloatX.spec or bat

[Teraskull]

1. Aha, got it.

2. bat would be good.

[Teraskull]

For good Python 3.9 support, we should migrate to PyQt6, or PySide6.

https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-python-6-released

[space9bug]

	PyQt5	PyQt6	PySide6
lupdate	yes	yes	yes
rcc	yes	no	yes
uic	yes	yes	yes
32bit	yes	no	no
64bit	yes	yes	yes

Latest version: qt5-applications 5.15.2.2.1

[space9bug]

Currently available: Python 3.9.1 pyinstaller 4.1 PyQt5 5.15.2

[Teraskull]

Too bad that PySide6 does not support 32 bit. We will have to stay on PyQt5 for now then.

[Teraskull]

But in my opinion, we should try migrating to PySide6 for support and license reasons. Right now PyDebloatX is licensed MIT, which does not permit the whole license range, because of the PyQt5 GPL license.

[Teraskull]

Yea, PySide6 is not an option until PyInstaller merges this commit: https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/pull/5418

[space9bug]

I found a solution. Manually package the missing files. File list: PySide6\plugins PySide6\translations PySide6\qt.conf

[Teraskull]

We will still have to wait for the PyInstaller Develop branch, in order to not break the workflow, manually packaging files.

[space9bug]

According to the download data of PyDebloatX 1.10.0, I found that very few people use 32bit. PySide6 and PyQt6 also only support 64bit, so we can cancel the 32bit support. We only release PyDebloatX_portable.exe and PyDebloatX_setup.exe. For the time being, PyInstaller officially cannot package Qt6 applications perfectly. We can improve the code. After both parties confirm, release the last version that supports Qt5.

[Teraskull]

Yes, I also saw the statistics and decided to discontinue the 32-bit support. If anyone needs it, the 1.10.0 version is pretty stable.

We will wait until PyInstaller works with PySide6, and then migrate.