I am also told in #ubuntu-qt on IRC that:
<mitya57> Also sip.setapi('QVariant', 1) needs to be replaced with something like sip.enableautoconversion(QVariant, False).
See https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Docs/PyQt5/pyqt_qvariant.html and https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Docs/PyQt5/api/sip/sip-module.html#enableautoconversion
I am also told in #ubuntu-qt on IRC that:
<mitya57> Also sip.setapi( 'QVariant' , 1) needs to be replaced with something like sip.enableautoc onversion( QVariant, False).
See https:/ /www.riverbankc omputing. com/static/ Docs/PyQt5/ pyqt_qvariant. html and https:/ /www.riverbankc omputing. com/static/ Docs/PyQt5/ api/sip/ sip-module. html#enableauto conversion