Bug#1143867: python3-gi: Triggers crash in cinnamon-screensaver`

[Jeremy Bicha]

On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 11:35 PM Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio at tiscali.it> wrote:
> I have patches for cinnamon-screensaver ready and also posted upstream,
> so this should not hold pygobject back for long. But I would suggest raising
> it with pygobject upstream as well: it is a silent API break with no NEWS
> entry and no porting note, the class is unchanged in git main, and any other
> Python application using GLib.spawn_async() is exposed to it. Adding
> __index__ and the integer comparisons back (or simply deriving from int
> again) would keep the old code working.

Done: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pygobject/-/work_items/766

Yes, let's wait to see what upstream's response is.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha