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pygobject package

Can not explicitly import Gdk-2.0

Bug #875399 reported by Evan Broder
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pygobject (Ubuntu)
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Martin Pitt
Oneiric
Fix Released
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Precise
Fix Released
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Martin Pitt

Bug Description

The overrides in pygobject for Gdk use the Gdk.atom_intern function, which was not correctly exported in GDK 2.0, which causes the import to fail:

evan@caron:~$ python
Python 2.7.2+ (default, Oct 4 2011, 20:06:09)
[GCC 4.6.1] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import gi
>>> gi.require_version('Gdk', '2.0')
>>> from gi.repository import Gdk
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/importer.py", line 76, in load_module
    dynamic_module._load()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/module.py", line 224, in _load
    overrides_modules = __import__('gi.overrides', fromlist=[self._namespace])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/Gdk.py", line 296, in <module>
    SELECTION_PRIMARY = Gdk.atom_intern('PRIMARY', True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/module.py", line 105, in __getattr__
    self.__name__, name))
AttributeError: 'gi.repository.Gdk' object has no attribute 'atom_intern'

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: python-gobject 3.0.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: d27dbc9ce66475289526ca4b283ec487
CheckboxSystem: bb422ca46d02494cdbc459927a98bc2f
Date: Sat Oct 15 17:44:24 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: pygobject
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-18 (27 days ago)

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Evan Broder (broder) wrote :
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Subscribing pitti, maybe he has a clue about this one

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

This was caused by http://git.gnome.org/browse/pygobject/commit/?id=31db3ed

Changed in pygobject (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Martin Pitt (pitti)
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → In Progress
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

I fixed this upstream in http://git.gnome.org/browse/pygobject/commit/?id=8deaec6b9abd87f02060c9feec773d4693e89028

Changed in pygobject (Ubuntu Precise):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

uploaded to oneiric-proposed queue as well, needs ubuntu-sru review.

Changed in pygobject (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Fix Committed
importance: Low → Medium
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Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Evan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted pygobject into oneiric-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

tags: added: verification-needed
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Evan Broder (broder) wrote :

Verified from oneiric-proposed - I can explicitly import both Gdk-2.0 and Gdk-3.0

evan@caron:~$ python
Python 2.7.2+ (default, Oct 4 2011, 20:06:09)
[GCC 4.6.1] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import gi
>>> gi.require_version('Gdk', '2.0')
>>> from gi.repository import Gdk
>>> Gdk
<gi.module.DynamicModule 'Gdk' from '/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Gdk-2.0.typelib'>

evan@caron:~$ python
Python 2.7.2+ (default, Oct 4 2011, 20:06:09)
[GCC 4.6.1] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import gi
>>> gi.require_version('Gdk', '3.0')
>>> from gi.repository import Gdk
>>> Gdk
<gi.module.DynamicModule 'Gdk' from '/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Gdk-3.0.typelib'>

Chris and Martin, thanks for the quick turnaround on this!

tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package pygobject - 3.0.2-1

---------------
pygobject (3.0.2-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * New upstream release:
    - Allow GBoxed types as property. (LP: #877397)
    - When converting an object with transfer none, make sure the wrapper owns
      a ref. (LP: #874299)
    - Gdk overrides: Unbreak for Gdk-2.0. (LP: #875399)
    - Do union member checks for unions that are parameters.
    - Fix "Returns: (skip)" method calls without (out) arguments.
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:54:30 +0200

Changed in pygobject (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package pygobject - 3.0.0-0ubuntu3

---------------
pygobject (3.0.0-0ubuntu3) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * Add 00git_allow_gboxed_properties.patch: Add the GBoxed type as valid type
    to the gobject property helper. This fixes the "snippets" gedit plugin.
    Patch taken from upstream git head. (LP: #877397)
  * Add 00git_gboxed_property_test.patch: Corresponding test case. Taken from
    upstream git head.
  * Add 00git_gdk2_overrides_atom_intern.patch: Fix Gdk override to also work
    for Gdk 2.0. Patch also pushed to upstream git. (LP: #875399)
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:05:09 +0200

Changed in pygobject (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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