[pkg-wicd-maint] Bug#947589: wicd-gtk: [experimental] wicd-gtk probably broken: no GTK dependency, still uses 'import gtk'

[Axel Beckert]

Control: forcemerge 946380 -1
Control: tag -1 + confirmed

Simon McVittie wrote:
> The Python 3 version of wicd-gtk in experimental doesn't seem to have
> any dependency that would pull in GTK, which seems unlikely to be valid
> for a GTK GUI.

This is #946380. Merging.

> A GTK 3 app using PyGI would normally have to depend on both python3-gi and
> gir1.2-gtk-3.0, which are the necessary packages to be able to use this
> import sequence:
> 
>     #!/usr/bin/python3
>     import gi
>     gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
>     from gi.repository import Gtk
> 
>     ... use Gtk.Application, Gtk.Window, etc. ...
> 
> However, looking at the source code on sources.debian.org, it seems that
> wicd-gtk in experimental is still using
> 
>     import gtk
> 
> which was correct for PyGTK 2, but will not work with PyGI / GTK 3, which
> are the only available GTK binding for Python 3.
> 
> src/d-feet.in in the d-feet source package is a typical example of
> a correct PyGI / GTK 3 import sequence. gnome-tweaks is another good
> example of a relatively small and simple PyGI / GTK 3 app, while sonata
> and reportbug might be useful as examples of legacy PyGTK 2 applications
> that were ported to PyGI / GTK 3.

Thanks for these hints!

		Regards, Axel
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