diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c19c59..32ae6e7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
 /eric-32.png
 /eric-48.png
 /eric-64.png
-/eric6-18.08.tar.gz
-/eric6-i18n-de-18.08.tar.gz
-/eric6-i18n-en-18.08.tar.gz
-/eric6-i18n-es-18.08.tar.gz
-/eric6-i18n-ru-18.08.tar.gz
-/eric6-18.12.tar.gz
-/eric6-i18n-de-18.12.tar.gz
-/eric6-i18n-en-18.12.tar.gz
-/eric6-i18n-es-18.12.tar.gz
-/eric6-i18n-ru-18.12.tar.gz
-/eric6-20.1.tar.gz
-/eric6-i18n-de-20.1.tar.gz
-/eric6-i18n-en-20.1.tar.gz
-/eric6-i18n-es-20.1.tar.gz
-/eric6-i18n-ru-20.1.tar.gz
-/eric7-23.9.tar.gz
+/eric6-*.tar.gz
+/eric7-*.tar.gz
diff --git a/eric.spec b/eric.spec
index 872c6ba..fe55930 100644
--- a/eric.spec
+++ b/eric.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 Name:    eric
 Summary: Python IDE
-Version: 23.9
+Version: 24.3
 Release: %autorelease
 
 License: GPLv3+
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Requires: python3dist(tomlkit)
 Requires: python3dist(trove-classifiers)
 Requires: python3dist(wheel)
 Recommends: python3-docs
-Recommends: qt5-qtdoc
+Recommends: qt6-doc-html
 Recommends: qt6-qttranslations
 
 %description
@@ -87,13 +87,14 @@ eric7 is a full featured Python IDE.
 install -m644 -p -D %{SOURCE30} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/eric.png
 install -m644 -p -D %{SOURCE32} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/eric.png
 
-%find_lang %{name} --with-qt --all-name
+# non-standard category
+desktop-file-edit --remove-category=MicroPython %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/eric7_mpy.desktop
 
-## toplevel __pycache__ creation is ... inconsistent
-## rawhide makes one, f23 local builds do not, so let's *make* it consistent
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/__pycache__/exclude_rpm_hack
+%find_lang %{name} --with-qt --all-name
 
 ## unpackaged files
+# duplicate file
+rm -fv  %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/appdata/eric7.appdata.xml
 # deprecated icons
 rm -rfv %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/icons/eric*
 rm -fv  %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/eric7/LICENSE.txt
@@ -103,11 +104,12 @@ sed -i -e 's|-i %{buildroot}/||' %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/eric7/eric7insta
 
 %check
 %if 0%{?fedora}
-appstream-util validate-relax --nonet %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/metainfo/eric7.appdata.xml
+appstream-util validate-relax --nonet %{buildroot}%{_metainfodir}/eric7.appdata.xml
 %endif
 test "$(grep '^Exec' %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/eric7_ide.desktop)" = "Exec=%{_bindir}/eric7_ide"
 desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/eric7_browser.desktop
 desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/eric7_ide.desktop
+desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/eric7_mpy.desktop
 
 
 %files -f %{name}.lang
@@ -115,23 +117,21 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/eric7_ide.desktop
 %doc eric/docs/THANKS
 %license eric/docs/LICENSE.txt
 %{_bindir}/eric7*
-%{python3_sitelib}/eric7config.py*
-%{python3_sitelib}/__pycache__/*
-%exclude %{python3_sitelib}/__pycache__/exclude_rpm_hack
+%pycached %{python3_sitelib}/eric7config.py
 %dir %{python3_sitelib}/eric7/
-%{python3_sitelib}/eric7/*.py*
-%{python3_sitelib}/eric7/__pycache__/
+%pycached %{python3_sitelib}/eric7/*.py
+%exclude %{python3_sitelib}/eric7/*.pyw
 %{python3_sitelib}/eric7/icons/
 %{python3_sitelib}/eric7/pixmaps/
 %{python3_sitelib}/eric7/[A-Z]*/
-%{python3_sitelib}/eric7/*.e4k
 %{python3_sitelib}/eric7/*.ekj
 %{python3_sitelib}/eric7/*.json
 %dir %{python3_sitelib}/eric7/i18n/
 %{python3_sitelib}/eric7plugins/
-%{_datadir}/metainfo/eric7.appdata.xml
+%{_metainfodir}/eric7.appdata.xml
 %{_datadir}/applications/eric7_browser.desktop
 %{_datadir}/applications/eric7_ide.desktop
+%{_datadir}/applications/eric7_mpy.desktop
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/eric*
 %{_datadir}/qt6/qsci/api/MicroPython/
 %{_datadir}/qt6/qsci/api/Python3/
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 3923049..5750243 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 SHA512 (eric-32.png) = 50dba45cb0a01f47c579db85875e890fac84eaddf9df427991bd84150d214f3d1fa28c65742e9cb56ae216e79e88ef2c952ebf243ade0347763ea991ed78d8d3
 SHA512 (eric-48.png) = d36c7388805d52b6c2c48cbf80222ba285dee4c9e923bb0d629c1832acf51da059ef89397b4b4efa429727c8d7c5c73893a9da2ac0c68feea51c9131d3d2ef55
 SHA512 (eric-64.png) = be0367a883cd026c2b6da7484c859ffe8f79d53cd5f4364c062eebb7337de38d446c851e63c8927485c9d95fc91cc5d8d4c60bd0cddfb478313820ebcbdfcb57
-SHA512 (eric7-23.9.tar.gz) = a18696108767d7fc7491b10d262ceb8013e38d749b0bce2bd5efb0c5da73569d866aa85a000331984bbc3d98aeca1fe8609f8e1477face556b3fda12db58023b
+SHA512 (eric7-24.3.tar.gz) = f7250f73320e098360a5c568bc2670cb73fadcb96f4a3a83ae67e3c5934ed9fa1419a5557f3a9416144beeac0358185ad536149c6e3c650b502d90ced9ef742f