[MacPorts] #56636: Eric4 is obsolete. Update to Eric6

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#56636: Eric4 is obsolete. Update to Eric6
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  Reporter:  josephsacco  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  update       |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:  2.5.2
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
      Port:  eric4        |
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Comment (by josephsacco):

 Renee,

 Listing me as a maintainer is probably a bad idea as I have limited
 knowledge of development environment for MacPorts.   Case in point:  It
 took me a while to locate the Portfile and patch file you submitted [the
 links in comment #35 did not work for me].

 Anyway... I have tried building py-eric-ide. Here is what I have found:

 * {{{port:py${python.version}-qscintilla-qt5}}}
    Is listed in the Portfile twice.  Remove line 66

 * There is a socket connection problem with the python2 version.
 {{{
 $ eric6
 Warning: translation file 'qscintilla_en_US'could not be loaded.
 Using default.
 BackgroundService listening on: 62987
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File
 "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7
 /site-packages/eric6/Utilities/BackgroundClient.py", line 209, in <module>
     backgroundClient.run()
   File
 "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7
 /site-packages/eric6/Utilities/BackgroundClient.py", line 198, in run
     self.connection.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
   File
 "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/socket.py",
 line 228, in meth
     return getattr(self._sock,name)(*args)
 socket.error: [Errno 57] Socket is not connected
 }}}

 During the initialization, a dialog box pops up with the message
 {{{
 The background client for Python2 disconnected because of an unknown
 reason.
 Should it be restarted?
 }}}

 If you say,  "yes",  The initialization progresses, until the background
 client disconnects again, whereupon the dialog reappears.  Say "yes" a
 second time and the initialization progresses further until the background
 client disconnects again, whereupon the dialog reappears.  Say "yes" a
 third time, and the application launches.

 This socket problem occurs when  py27-eric6-ide built with +qt4 or +qt5.
 The socket problem does '''NOT''' occur  with py37-eric-ide built with
 either +qt4 or +qt5.

 I did not see this problem in the past.  What has changed?

 I retreated back to earlier versions of eric6:  {{{ 19.02.1, 19.02,
 18.10}}} and witnessed the same behavior. That leads me to believe the
 problem is elsewhere:
 * Garbage on my iMac
 * PyQt issues.

 When I get some more free cycles I will attempt to isolate the python27
 build within a virtual environment.  To do that I will need to build
 PyQt[45] from source, since pip will not install it.
 {{{
 pip install PyQt5
 DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 will reach the end of its life on January 1st,
 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 won't be maintained after
 that date. A future version of pip will drop support for Python 2.7.
 Collecting PyQt5
   ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement PyQt5
 (from versions: none)
 ERROR: No matching distribution found for PyQt5
 }}}

 -Joseph

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