Bump Qt version requirement to 5.15

docs/source/tech_source.rst

@@ -39,11 +39,9 @@ The following Python packages are needed to run all features of novelWriter:
 * ``PyQt5`` – needed for connecting with the Qt5 libraries.
 * ``PyEnchant`` – needed for spell checking (optional).
 
-PyQt/Qt should be at least 5.10, but ideally 5.13 or higher for all features to work. For instance,
+PyQt/Qt must be at least 5.15.0. If you want spell checking, you must install the ``PyEnchant``
-searching using regular expressions with full Unicode support requires 5.13.
+package. The spell check library must be at least 3.0 to work with Windows. On Linux, 2.0 also
-
+works fine.
-If you want spell checking, you must install the ``PyEnchant`` package. The spell check library
-must be at least 3.0 to work with Windows. On Linux, 2.0 also works fine.
 
 If you install from PyPi, these dependencies should be installed automatically. If you install from
 source, dependencies can still be installed from PyPi with:
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ source, dependencies can still be installed from PyPi with:
 .. note::
    On Linux distros, the Qt library is usually split up into multiple packages. In some cases,
    secondary dependencies may not be installed automatically. For novelWriter, the library files
-   for renderring the SVG icons may be left out and needs to be installed manually. This is the
+   for rendering the SVG icons may be left out and needs to be installed manually. This is the
    case on for instance Arch Linux.
 
 

novelwriter/__init__.py

@@ -167,14 +167,14 @@ def main(sysArgs: list | None = None) -> GuiMain | None:
             "At least Python 3.8 is required, found %s" % CONFIG.verPyString
         )
         errorCode |= 0x04
-    if CONFIG.verQtValue < 0x050a00:
+    if CONFIG.verQtValue < 0x050f00:
         errorData.append(
-            "At least Qt5 version 5.10 is required, found %s" % CONFIG.verQtString
+            "At least Qt5 version 5.15.0 is required, found %s" % CONFIG.verQtString
         )
         errorCode |= 0x08
-    if CONFIG.verPyQtValue < 0x050a00:
+    if CONFIG.verPyQtValue < 0x050f00:
         errorData.append(
-            "At least PyQt5 version 5.10 is required, found %s" % CONFIG.verPyQtString
+            "At least PyQt5 version 5.15.0 is required, found %s" % CONFIG.verPyQtString
         )
         errorCode |= 0x10
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
-    "pyqt5>=5.10",
+    "pyqt5>=5.15",
     "pyenchant>=3.0.0",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]

requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-pyqt5>=5.10
+pyqt5>=5.15
 pyenchant>=3.0.0

setup/debian/control

@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ Source: novelwriter
 Maintainer: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <code@vkbo.net>
 Section: text
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: dh-python, python3-setuptools, python3-all, debhelper (>= 9), python3 (>=3.8), python3-pyqt5 (>= 5.10), python3-enchant (>= 2.0)
+Build-Depends: dh-python, python3-setuptools, python3-all, debhelper (>= 9), python3 (>=3.8), python3-pyqt5 (>= 5.15), python3-enchant (>= 2.0)
 Standards-Version: 4.5.1
 Homepage: https://novelwriter.io
 X-Python3-Version: >= 3.8
 
 Package: novelwriter
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}, python3 (>=3.8), python3-pyqt5 (>= 5.10), python3-enchant (>= 2.0)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}, python3 (>=3.8), python3-pyqt5 (>= 5.15), python3-enchant (>= 2.0)
 Description: A markdown-like text editor for planning and writing novels
  novelWriter is a plain text editor designed for writing novels assembled from
  many smaller text documents. It uses a minimal formatting syntax inspired by

setup/launchpad_setup.cfg

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ python_requires = >=3.8
 include_package_data = True
 packages = find_namespace:
 install_requires =
-    pyqt5>=5.10
+    pyqt5>=5.15
     pyenchant>=3.0.0
 
 [options.packages.find]