Bug#1117035: gnome-tweaks fails to start on a wayland gnome session in sid

[Simon McVittie]

Control: reassign -1 python3-gi 3.50.0-7
Control: forcemerge 1117444 -1
Control: affects 1117444 + src:gnome-tweaks

On Thu, 02 Oct 2025 at 17:05:20 +0200, Giacomo Mulas wrote:
>gnome-tweaks fails to start on my gnome wayland session on sid

Merging with <https://bugs.debian.org/1117444> which is the same bug. 
There's more discussion of the root cause there.

On Fri, 03 Oct 2025 at 22:16:54 +0200, msp wrote:
>patching the file
>  /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gtweak/utils.py
>by changing the line
>  self._desktop_file = appinfo.get_filename()
>to
>  self._desktop_file = appinfo.get_filename(appinfo)
>appears to fix the issue.

That is not the right solution here: it would make gnome-tweaks regress 
as soon as pygobject is fixed (either by upgrading GLib to 2.86, or by 
changing pygobject to be compatible with both versions >= 2.86 and < 
2.86).

>I should add that I used ChatGPT as a quick way to find a solution and this is what it suggested

ChatGPT does not have human judgement, and cannot assess whether a change 
will cause more problems than it solves.

     smcv