TypeError: Passing arguments to gi.types.Boxed.__init__() is deprecated. All arguments passed will be ignored

[Angel Guzman Maeso]

Using 0.93 version with PPA in Ubuntu 14.10 Beta I get a lot errors like this:

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pitivi/python/pitivi/project.py:559: TypeError: Passing arguments to gi.types.Boxed.__init__() is deprecated. All arguments passed will be ignored.
  Gst.Caps("application/ogg"),
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pitivi/python/pitivi/project.py:563: TypeError: Passing arguments to gi.types.Boxed.__init__() is deprecated. All arguments passed will be ignored.
  video_profile = GstPbutils.EncodingVideoProfile.new(Gst.Caps("video/x-theora"),
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pitivi/python/pitivi/project.py:565: TypeError: Passing arguments to gi.types.Boxed.__init__() is deprecated. All arguments passed will be ignored.
  Gst.Caps("video/x-raw"),
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pitivi/python/pitivi/project.py:569: TypeError: Passing arguments to gi.types.Boxed.__init__() is deprecated. All arguments passed will be ignored.
  audio_profile = GstPbutils.EncodingAudioProfile.new(Gst.Caps("audio/x-vorbis"),
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pitivi/python/pitivi/project.py:571: TypeError: Passing arguments to gi.types.Boxed.__init__() is deprecated. All arguments passed will be ignored.
  Gst.Caps("audio/x-raw"),
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pitivi/python/pitivi/project.py:792: TypeError: Passing arguments to gi.types.Boxed.__init__() is deprecated. All arguments passed will be ignored.
  self.container_profile.set_format(Gst.Caps(muxertype))
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pitivi/python/pitivi/project.py:771: TypeError: Passing arguments to gi.types.Boxed.__init__() is deprecated. All arguments passed will be ignored.
  self.video_profile.set_format(Gst.Caps(videotype))
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pitivi/python/pitivi/project.py:751: TypeError: Passing arguments to gi.types.Boxed.__init__() is deprecated. All arguments passed will be ignored.
  self.audio_profile.set_format(Gst.Caps(audiotype))

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: pitivi 0.93-4ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-16.22-generic 3.16.2
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Oct 10 09:30:08 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-08 (154 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: pitivi
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Thibault Saunier (saunierthibault)]

This is due to a change of behaviour in latest PyGobject (commit: https://git.gnome.org/browse/pygobject/commit/?id=3a2bfc8bf01fcae3863) and that has been fixed in gst-python here: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-python/commit/?id=4c08c3396c3cdadc939a9889f1e4664f938921a0

It would be nice of you if you could put that patch in your gst-python package. I you can not and would need me to release gst-python-1.2.2 it can be done (also the patch from: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pitivi/+bug/1363637 should be added)

Note: That bug should not be reported as a bug in pitivi but either gst-python (or maybe PyGobject as it is a concequence of a change in behaviour in there).

[Angel Guzman Maeso (shakaran)]

I think that gst-python package was removed in Ubuntu some time ago (check this, probably I am wrong) and it is using now python-gobject (PyGobject). As far I know, I don't have any package installed called gst-python, but I have python-gobject package. I don't know which path and file should I modify for apply the patch. So probably it is better release gst-python-1.2.2 for all users.

$ LANG=C dpkg -l gst*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-=============================================-===========================-===========================-================================================================================================
un gstreamer-codec-install <none> <none> (no description available)
ii gstreamer0.10-alsa:amd64 0.10.36-2 amd64 GStreamer plugin for ALSA
un gstreamer0.10-audiosink <none> <none> (no description available)
un gstreamer0.10-audiosource <none> <none> (no description available)
ii gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3:amd64 0.10.29.debian-1ubuntu1 amd64 Fluendo mp3 decoder GStreamer 0.10 plugin
un gstreamer0.10-lame <none> <none> (no description available)
ii gstreamer0.10-nice:amd64 0.1.7-1 amd64 ICE library (GStreamer 0.10 plugin)
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad:amd64 0.10.23-7.2ubuntu5 amd64 GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set
un gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse <none> <none> (no description available)
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base:amd64 0.10.36-2 amd64 GStreamer plugins from the "base" set
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps 0.10.36-2 amd64 GStreamer helper programs from the "base" set
un gstreamer0.10-plugins-farsight <none> <none> (no description available)
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:amd64 0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5 amd64 GStreamer plugins from the "good" set
un gstreamer0.10-plugins-good-doc <none> <none> (no description available)
un gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad <none> <none> (no description available)
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:amd64 0.10.19-2ubuntu5 amd64 GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set
ii gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio:amd64 0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5 ...