[Pkg-rust-maintainers] Bug#1120814: Blocks portal implementation for a long time on startup

[Guido Günther]

Hi,
On Sun, Nov 16, 2025 at 08:28:18PM +0100, Guido Günther wrote:
> Source: rust-ashpd
> Version: 0.12.0-3
> Severity: grave
> Tags: patch
> X-Debbugs-CC: debian-on-mobile-maintainers at alioth-lists.debian.ne
> 
> Due the way ashpd currently exports interfaces portal implementations
> can block for a long time rendering the system unusable (as e.g. apps
> take up to 25s to start up).
> 
> There is an upstream patch at:
> 
> https://github.com/bilelmoussaoui/ashpd/pull/313
> 
> The patch is uninvasive and fixes the issue. I tried to backport this using
> debcargo via 
> 
> https://rust-team.pages.debian.net/book/hacks.html#patching-crates
> 
> but failed big time as I can't wrap my head around the order of commands
> and debcargo keeps screaming different things I'm doing wrong.  Can't I
> use git for this? Happy to open an MR if someone can quickly walk me
> through it.
> 
> Filing with grave severity as enabling the rust based portal in phosh
> would break end users system until DBus times out initial (25s) (I've
> thus uploaded to exprimental for the moment).

After screaming back at quilt I think I have something that looks
reasonable, will open an MR after testing.
 -- Guido