Python3 qtpy uses deprecated __version__ attribute from PySide

I am running openSUSE Tumbleweed and I have the following problem:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/qtpy/__init__.py", line 119, in <module>
    from PySide import __version__ as PYSIDE_VERSION  # analysis:ignore
ImportError: cannot import name '__version__'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/spyder3", line 3, in <module>
    start.main()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spyder/app/start.py", line 103, in main
    from spyder.app import mainwindow
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spyder/app/mainwindow.py", line 49, in <module>
    requirements.check_qt()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spyder/requirements.py", line 39, in check_qt
    import qtpy
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/qtpy/__init__.py", line 125, in <module>
    raise PythonQtError('No Qt bindings could be found')
qtpy.PythonQtError: No Qt bindings could be found

It seems qtpy tries to import __version__, which was only available in the Python2 version of PySide. I had a quick dir(PySide) look at the available attributes and there isn’t one that handles a version string.

[sebix]

Ok, then I assumed it’s fixed (“works for me”).

[ccordoba12]

I filed a bug report in the SUSE bug tracker so hopefully the maintainer will resolve this.

Closing for now then.