OpenPrinting / OpenPrinting/system-config-printer
Replace python3-dbus
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- Python
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Description
According to https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/DBusBindings/ dbus-python is obsolete, recommended libraries are pydbus, txdbus or GDBus/QtDBus bindings. Since project uses GTK/GLib it seems that most appropriate replacement is GDBus.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Python code that uses python3-dbus and review how it interacts with the project's GTK/GLib-based interface. Compare the required calls with the GDBus bindings and verify that CUPS administration behavior remains intact after the replacement.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100