SRU pygobject 3.42.1, including fix for the append function

[Fred]

>> Impact <<

Applications crash when they call the append function to append data to stores.

>> Test plan <<

When executing the attached bug.py script,

- With the fix: A dummy window with a text field is mapped.

- Without the fix: An error message is raised and no window is mapped.

>> Regression potential <<

Since this includes a new upstream release, by looking at the NEWS file <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pygobject/-/blob/master/NEWS>, regressions could show up:

- On programs which use ListStore and Treeview. Additionally, those changes should not affect GTK2 or GTK3.

- As leaks, given the replace of g_error by g_critical by <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pygobject/-/merge_requests/179>.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, could you provide a code example which could be used as testcase for a stable update?

[Fred (eldmannen+launchpad)]

Yes, it is.

model = Gtk.ListStore(str)
model.append(['example'])

A file is attached.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The issue is fixed in kinetic https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pygobject/3.42.1-1 but we should do a stable update there

[Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio)]

I verified the bug on 3.42.0-3build1 on Jammy. This is an SRU for it, which I verified that builds with pbuilder and solves the bug in Jammy.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Nice work Nathan. I'm adding back the changelog entry from 3.42.0-3build1 and reverting the Standard-Versions change to lower the diff to review for the SRU team and uploading

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

> Since this includes a new upstream release, by looking at the NEWS file
> <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pygobject/-/blob/master/NEWS>,
> regressions could show up

This is not really an analysis of the risks of this SRU, which is what the SRU team expects to see here.

Also, a reminder to not set SRU bugs to 'fix committed' when uploaded to the queue. These are process bugs, and 'fix committed' is used only once the package is accepted into -proposed; until then it should remain 'in progress'. Thanks!

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Hello Fred, or anyone else affected,

Accepted pygobject into jammy-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pygobject/3.42.1-0ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-jammy to verification-done-jammy. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-jammy. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

[Fred (eldmannen+launchpad)]

Hi Steve,

I tested it from -proposed and can confirm that this resolves the issues that I've had.

[Ubuntu SRU Bot (ubuntu-sru-bot)]

All autopkgtests for the newly accepted pygobject (3.42.1-0ubuntu1) for jammy have finished running.
The following regressions have been reported in tests triggered by the package:

fwupd/1.7.5-3 (armhf)
gexiv2/0.14.0-1build1 (armhf)
gnome-feeds/0.16.2+dfsg1-1 (armhf)
budgie-extras/1.4.0-1ubuntu2 (armhf)
aptdaemon/1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu39 (armhf)
dogtail/0.9.11-10 (armhf)
dasbus/1.6-2 (armhf)
apport/2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1 (amd64)
gvfs/1.48.2-0ubuntu1 (ppc64el)
bleachbit/4.4.2-1 (armhf)
goocalendar/0.7.2-1 (armhf)
freedombox/22.5 (armhf)
binoculars/0.0.10-1.1 (armhf)
evolution-data-server/3.44.2-0ubuntu1 (armhf)
formiko/1.3.0-2 (armhf)
dbus-python/1.2.18-3build1 (armhf)

Please visit the excuses page listed below and investigate the failures, proceeding afterwards as per the StableReleaseUpdates policy regarding autopkgtest regressions [1].

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/jammy/update_excuses.html#pygobject

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Autopkgtest_Regressions

Thank you!

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The failing autopkgtest worked after a retry and were mostly due to builder issues

The one error remaining is fwupd which fails on
 libudev-dev : Depends: libudev1 (= 249.11-0ubuntu3) but 249.11-0ubuntu3.3 is to be installed

which isn't due to pygobject update

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

I also verified the fix. Before I installed python3-gi 3.42.1-0ubuntu1, when I ran the script, I only got errors on the command line. After installing the update, the window showed and there were no errors on the command line.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package pygobject - 3.42.1-0ubuntu1

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pygobject (3.42.1-0ubuntu1) jammy; urgency=medium

  [ Jeremy Bicha ]
  * New upstream release (fixes LP: #1979347)
  * Drop python3.10 patch: applied in new release

 -- Nathan Pratta Teodosio <email address hidden> Thu, 23 Jun 2022 12:56:55 -0300

[Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for pygobject has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.