Quite a lot of source packages have Build-Depends on dbus-glib, or produce binary packages with a Depends on it.
dbus-glib is a deprecated D-Bus library with some significant design flaws, and is essentially unmaintained. I would like to minimize its use, and eventually remove it from Debian. There will not be a version that fixes its design flaws, because that would be a major compatibility break, and any user of dbus-glib who is willing to port their application to a newer, incompatible version should instead be porting their application to a better D-Bus implementation such as GDBus. For most purposes, the recommended replacement for dbus-glib is the GDBus family of APIs in GLib, found in <gio/gio.h>. This does not add an additional dependency, because dbus-glib already depends on a sufficiently new version of GLib. A porting guide is available in the GLib documentation: <https://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/ch35.html>. Practical examples of porting from dbus-glib to GDBus can be found in the git history of most older GNOME applications. Alternatives to GDBus, with different design emphasis and trade-offs, include sd-bus (systemd's D-Bus implementation), QtDBus (Qt's D-Bus API), and libdbus (the low-level reference D-Bus implementation). Please contact the D-Bus mailing list <dbus at lists.freedesktop.org> if you are unsure which D-Bus implementation is most suitable for a particular package. Some libraries expose dbus-glib as part of their API/ABI, in which case removing the deprecated dependency requires breaking API/ABI (telepathy-glib is a good example). For these libraries, maintainers should talk to the dependent library's upstream developers about whether the dependent library should break API/ABI and switch to GDBus, or whether the dependent library should itself be deprecated. In a few cases, the package uses the reference D-Bus library libdbus for all D-Bus-related APIs, and only uses dbus-glib as a way to connect libdbus to the GLib main loop: if the only functions referenced from dbus-glib are dbus_connection_setup_with_g_main() and dbus_server_setup_with_g_main(), then you are in this situation. The recommended replacement in this case is to bundle the dbus-gmain branch from the dbus-glib git repository, for example as a `git subtree` or `git submodule`. For example, dbus-python's GLib integration now works like this. See <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus-glib/blob/dbus-gmain/README.md> for more details. Affected packages can be found in the attached source package list and dd-list. I intend to open bugs for this at normal severity. Please forward them to the packages' upstream developers if there is not already an upstream plan to escape from dbus-glib. smcv
abiword anyremote ario artha at-spi2-atk audacious audacious-plugins audtty ayatana-indicator-application bluez bluez-tools cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins caja-extensions caja-seahorse cinnamon cinnamon-control-center cinnamon-session cinnamon-settings-daemon cluster-glue compiz compiz-boxmenu conky dbus-test-runner dbusada dee desktopnova dlt-daemon efax-gtk empathy enchant enchant-2 entangle eom fcitx-configtool fcitx-fbterm firefox firefox-esr folks fprintd freerdp2 freetuxtv gconf gimp gjay gmpc-plugins gnome-flashback gnome-phone-manager gnome-screensaver gpick gpsd growl-for-linux gsm0710muxd gthumb guake-indicator handbrake hexchat inkscape k3d kbdd kerneloops kmplayer ladish libaccounts-glib libappindicator libaudclient libayatana-appindicator libcryptui libdbusmenu libfm libnet-dbus-glib-perl liboobs libopenusb libunique light-locker lxappearance lxsession mangler mate-applets mate-control-center mate-power-manager mate-screensaver mate-session-manager mate-settings-daemon mate-user-share mp3splt navit netatalk network-manager-strongswan notify-osd obex-data-server ofono ogmrip osdlyrics paprefs parole pidgin pidgin-audacious pidgin-awayonlock pidgin-mpris pinot pommed pyatspi restorecond seahorse-nautilus sensors-applet synapse system-tools-backends telepathy-farstream telepathy-gabble telepathy-glib telepathy-haze telepathy-idle telepathy-logger telepathy-logger-qt telepathy-mission-control-5 telepathy-qt telepathy-rakia telepathy-ring telepathy-salut thermald thunderbird tiemu torbrowser-launcher ukui-control-center ukui-power-manager ukui-settings-daemon urfkill usbguard vagalume vdr-plugin-xineliboutput vinagre wmauda worker workrave xboxdrv xchat xcowsay xfburn xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin xfce4-screensaver xfce4-session xfce4-verve-plugin xiphos xwrited zpspell
Adam Conrad <adcon...@0c3.net> telepathy-glib (U) Adrian Bunk <b...@debian.org> gconf Adrian Heine <m...@adrianheine.de> telepathy-ring (U) Aigars Mahinovs <aigar...@debian.org> dlt-daemon Alberto Garcia <be...@igalia.com> vagalume Alessio Garzi <gun...@email.it> guake-indicator Alessio Treglia <ales...@debian.org> ladish (U) ogmrip (U) Alf Gaida <aga...@siduction.org> audacious-plugins (U) Andreas B. Mundt <a...@debian.org> tiemu (U) Andreas Henriksson <andr...@fatal.se> libunique (U) Andreas Tille <ti...@debian.org> artha (U) entangle (U) Andrew Lee (李健秋) <ajq...@debian.org> libfm (U) lxappearance (U) lxsession (U) Andrew Shadura <andre...@debian.org> libaudclient (U) Andrew Starr-Bochicchio <a...@debian.org> notify-osd (U) Andrey Rahmatullin <w...@debian.org> xboxdrv (U) Andriy Grytsenko <and...@rep.kiev.ua> libfm (U) liboobs lxappearance (U) lxsession (U) system-tools-backends Antoine Beaupré <anar...@debian.org> gmpc-plugins (U) Ari Pollak <a...@debian.org> gimp gimp (U) pidgin Aron Xu <a...@debian.org> fcitx-configtool (U) fcitx-fbterm (U) ukui-control-center (U) ukui-power-manager (U) ukui-settings-daemon (U) Ayatana Packagers <pkg-ayatana-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> ayatana-indicator-application libayatana-appindicator Balint Reczey <bal...@balintreczey.hu> kerneloops Balint Reczey <rbal...@ubuntu.com> kerneloops Bernd Zeimetz <b...@debian.org> gpsd Bernhard Miklautz <bernhard.mikla...@shacknet.at> freerdp2 (U) Bilal Akhtar <bilalakh...@ubuntu.com> audacious (U) audacious-plugins (U) Birger Schacht <bir...@rantanplan.org> usbguard Boyuan Yang <by...@debian.org> osdlyrics Brian Campbell <brian.campb...@editshare.com> netatalk (U) Carlos Maddela <e7ap...@gmail.com> seahorse-nautilus (U) Carsten Schoenert <c.schoen...@t-online.de> thunderbird Chris Boot <deb...@bootc.net> netatalk (U) Chris Lamb <la...@debian.org> seahorse-nautilus (U) Chris Taylor <ctay...@debian.org> audacious (U) audacious-plugins (U) audtty Christoph Goehre <ch...@sigxcpu.org> thunderbird (U) Clément Hermann <nod...@nodens.org> seahorse-nautilus (U) Colin King <colin.k...@canonical.com> thermald Craig Small <csm...@debian.org> gjay CrossWire Packaging Team <pkg-crosswire-de...@alioth-lists.debian.net> xiphos Cyril Brulebois <cy...@debamax.com> compiz (U) Cyril Lavier <cyril.lav...@davromaniak.eu> audacious (U) audacious-plugins (U) Dafydd Harries <d...@debian.org> empathy (U) telepathy-gabble (U) telepathy-glib (U) telepathy-idle (U) telepathy-logger (U) telepathy-rakia (U) Daniel Glassey <w...@debian.org> xiphos (U) Debian Accessibility Team <pkg-a11y-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> at-spi2-atk pyatspi Debian Bluetooth Maintainers <pkg-bluetooth-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> bluez Debian Bluetooth Maintainers <team+pkg-blueto...@tracker.debian.org> bluez bluez-tools gnome-phone-manager Debian Cairo-dock Maintainers <team+pkg-cairo-dock-de...@tracker.debian.org> cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins Debian Cinnamon Team <debian-cinna...@lists.debian.org> cinnamon cinnamon-control-center cinnamon-session cinnamon-settings-daemon Debian Games Team <pkg-games-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> xboxdrv Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> enchant-2 folks gimp gnome-flashback gnome-screensaver libcryptui libunique vinagre Debian HA Maintainers <debian-ha-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> cluster-glue Debian Input Method Team <debian-input-met...@lists.debian.org> fcitx-configtool fcitx-fbterm Debian KDE Extras Team <pkg-kde-ext...@lists.alioth.debian.org> kmplayer telepathy-logger-qt telepathy-qt Debian LXDE Maintainers <pkg-lxde-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> libfm lxappearance lxsession Debian Mactel <team+pkg-mactel-de...@tracker.debian.org> pommed Debian Multimedia Maintainers <debian-multime...@lists.debian.org> audacious audacious-plugins handbrake inkscape ladish ogmrip Debian Multimedia Maintainers <pkg-multimedia-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> freetuxtv ladish libaudclient ogmrip Debian Netatalk team <pkg-netatalk-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> netatalk Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> libnet-dbus-glib-perl Debian PhotoTools Maintainers <pkg-phototools-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> entangle Debian Privacy Maintainers <pkg-privacy-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> seahorse-nautilus Debian Privacy Tools Maintainers <pkg-privacy-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> torbrowser-launcher Debian QA Group <packa...@qa.debian.org> abiword gsm0710muxd libappindicator obex-data-server pidgin-audacious pidgin-mpris Debian Remote Maintainers <debian-rem...@lists.debian.org> freerdp2 Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> tiemu Debian Science Team <debian-science-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> artha Debian SELinux maintainers <selinux-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> restorecond Debian Telepathy maintainers <pkg-telepathy-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> empathy folks ofono telepathy-farstream telepathy-gabble telepathy-glib telepathy-haze telepathy-idle telepathy-logger telepathy-mission-control-5 telepathy-rakia telepathy-ring telepathy-salut Debian VDR Team <pkg-vdr-dvb-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> vdr-plugin-xineliboutput Debian Window Maker Team <pkg-wmaker-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> wmauda Debian Xfce Maintainers <debian-x...@lists.debian.org> light-locker parole xfburn xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin xfce4-screensaver xfce4-session xfce4-verve-plugin Debian Xfce Maintainers <pkg-xfce-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> xfce4-session Debian+Ubuntu MATE Packaging Team <debian-m...@lists.debian.org> caja-extensions caja-seahorse eom mate-applets mate-control-center mate-power-manager mate-screensaver mate-session-manager mate-settings-daemon mate-user-share Debian/Kubuntu Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-...@lists.debian.org> libaccounts-glib Diane Trout <di...@debian.org> libaccounts-glib (U) telepathy-logger-qt (U) telepathy-qt (U) Didier Raboud <o...@debian.org> fprintd (U) Dimitri John Ledkov <x...@debian.org> xiphos (U) Dmitry Shachnev <mity...@debian.org> gnome-flashback (U) gnome-screensaver (U) Dominique Corbex <domini...@corbex.org> xiphos (U) Doug Torrance <dtorra...@piedmont.edu> wmauda (U) Dr. Tobias Quathamer <to...@debian.org> worker Elías Alejandro Año Mendoza <eal...@gmail.com> gpick Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <po...@debian.org> empathy (U) folks (U) gnome-screensaver (U) libcryptui (U) libunique (U) telepathy-glib (U) telepathy-logger (U) Eric Beuque <eric.beu...@gmail.com> freetuxtv (U) Etienne Millon <m...@emillon.org> gmpc-plugins (U) Fabian Greffrath <fabian+deb...@greffrath.com> handbrake (U) Fabio Fantoni <fantonifa...@tiscali.it> cinnamon (U) cinnamon-control-center (U) cinnamon-session (U) cinnamon-settings-daemon (U) Felipe Sateler <fsate...@debian.org> paprefs (U) Filippo Giunchedi <fili...@debian.org> gnome-phone-manager (U) Filippo Giunchedi <fili...@esaurito.net> sensors-applet (U) FingerForce Team <fingerforce-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> fprintd Francesco Namuri <france...@namuri.it> gnome-phone-manager (U) Francois Marier <franc...@debian.org> workrave Geert Stappers <stapp...@debian.org> gnome-phone-manager (U) Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofb...@debian.org> xchat Gilles Filippini <p...@debian.org> navit handsome_feng <jianfen...@ubuntukylin.com> ukui-control-center (U) ukui-power-manager (U) ukui-settings-daemon (U) Harald Dunkel <ha...@afaics.de> network-manager-strongswan Hector Oron <zu...@debian.org> ofono (U) Herbert Parentes Fortes Neto <h...@debian.org> gthumb Hypra Team <b...@hypra.fr> compiz Héctor Orón Martínez <zu...@debian.org> ofono (U) Iain Lane <la...@debian.org> folks (U) gimp (U) gnome-screensaver (U) intrigeri <intrig...@debian.org> libnet-dbus-glib-perl (U) Jeremy Bicha <jbi...@debian.org> gimp (U) gnome-flashback (U) gnome-screensaver (U) libcryptui (U) vinagre (U) Jeremy Sowden <jer...@azazel.net> wmauda (U) John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> caja-extensions (U) eom (U) mate-applets (U) mate-control-center (U) mate-power-manager (U) mate-screensaver (U) mate-session-manager (U) mate-settings-daemon (U) mate-user-share (U) Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> netatalk (U) pinot (U) Jonathan Marsden <jmars...@fastmail.fm> xiphos (U) Jonny Lamb <jo...@debian.org> telepathy-idle (U) telepathy-rakia (U) Jordi Mallach <jo...@debian.org> at-spi2-atk (U) gimp (U) libcryptui (U) workrave (U) Joseph Herlant <aerosti...@debian.org> navit (U) Joseph Herlant <herla...@gmail.com> navit (U) Josselin Mouette <j...@debian.org> libunique (U) Kartik Mistry <kar...@debian.org> dee Keng-Yu Lin <ken...@lexical.tw> urfkill Kentaro Hayashi <haya...@clear-code.com> growl-for-linux Kylin Team <team+ky...@tracker.debian.org> ukui-control-center ukui-power-manager ukui-settings-daemon Laurent Bigonville <bi...@debian.org> empathy (U) enchant-2 (U) folks (U) restorecond (U) telepathy-farstream (U) telepathy-gabble (U) telepathy-glib (U) telepathy-haze (U) telepathy-idle (U) telepathy-logger (U) telepathy-mission-control-5 (U) telepathy-rakia (U) telepathy-salut (U) vinagre (U) Leo Costela <cost...@debian.org> pidgin-awayonlock Lionel Le Folgoc <mrpo...@gmail.com> parole (U) xfce4-session (U) xfce4-verve-plugin (U) Lior Kaplan <kap...@debian.org> efax-gtk Loic Minier <l...@dooz.org> telepathy-rakia (U) Maintainers of Mozilla-related packages <team+pkg-mozi...@tracker.debian.org> firefox firefox-esr Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <m...@debian.org> k3d Marc Pavot <marc.pa...@gmail.com> ario Margarita Manterola <ma...@debian.org> cinnamon (U) cinnamon-control-center (U) cinnamon-session (U) cinnamon-settings-daemon (U) Mark Purcell <m...@debian.org> kmplayer (U) Martin Bagge <brot...@bsnet.se> libfm (U) Martin Pitt <mp...@debian.org> libunique (U) Martin Wimpress <c...@flexion.org> mate-applets (U) Matteo F. Vescovi <m...@debian.org> entangle (U) Mattia Rizzolo <mat...@debian.org> hexchat inkscape (U) Maximiliano Curia <m...@debian.org> cinnamon (U) cinnamon-control-center (U) cinnamon-session (U) cinnamon-settings-daemon (U) libaccounts-glib (U) telepathy-logger-qt (U) Michael Biebl <bi...@debian.org> gnome-screensaver (U) libcryptui (U) libunique (U) vinagre (U) Michał Zając <quinta...@kubuntu.org> telepathy-logger-qt (U) telepathy-qt (U) Mike Gabriel <sunwea...@debian.org> ayatana-indicator-application (U) caja-extensions (U) caja-seahorse (U) dbus-test-runner eom (U) freerdp2 (U) libayatana-appindicator (U) libdbusmenu (U) mate-applets (U) mate-control-center (U) mate-power-manager (U) mate-screensaver (U) mate-session-manager (U) mate-settings-daemon (U) mate-user-share (U) Mike Hommey <gland...@debian.org> firefox (U) firefox-esr (U) mpd maintainers <pkg-mpd-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> gmpc-plugins Nicolas Boulenguez <nico...@debian.org> dbusada (U) Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwama...@debian.org> bluez (U) bluez-tools (U) cairo-dock (U) cairo-dock-plug-ins (U) pommed (U) Norbert Preining <norb...@preining.info> cinnamon (U) cinnamon-control-center (U) cinnamon-session (U) cinnamon-settings-daemon (U) Olly Betts <o...@survex.com> pinot Petr Baudis <pa...@ucw.cz> mate-power-manager (U) Philipp Huebner <debala...@debian.org> anyremote Prach Pongpanich <pr...@debian.org> enchant Pulseaudio maintenance team <pkg-pulseaudio-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> paprefs Rail Aliev <r...@i-rs.ru> zpspell Reinhard Tartler <siret...@tauware.de> handbrake (U) Reto Buerki <r...@codelabs.ch> dbusada Riccardo Setti <gisk...@debian.org> empathy (U) telepathy-idle (U) Rico Tzschichholz <ric...@ubuntu.com> ogmrip (U) Roger Shimizu <r...@debian.org> torbrowser-launcher (U) Ron Lee <r...@debian.org> mp3splt Russell Coker <russ...@coker.com.au> restorecond (U) Sam Morris <s...@robots.org.uk> sensors-applet Samuel Henrique <samuel...@debian.org> xcowsay Samuel Thibault <sthiba...@debian.org> at-spi2-atk (U) compiz (U) compiz-boxmenu pyatspi (U) Sean Davis <smd.seanda...@gmail.com> xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin (U) Sebastian Ramacher <sramac...@debian.org> handbrake (U) Simon McVittie <s...@debian.org> telepathy-idle (U) telepathy-rakia (U) Simon Quigley <tsimo...@ubuntu.com> caja-seahorse (U) Simon Richter <s...@debian.org> libopenusb Sjoerd Simons <sjo...@debian.org> empathy (U) enchant-2 (U) folks (U) gnome-screensaver (U) paprefs (U) telepathy-farstream (U) telepathy-gabble (U) telepathy-glib (U) telepathy-idle (U) telepathy-logger (U) telepathy-mission-control-5 (U) telepathy-rakia (U) telepathy-salut (U) Stanislav Maslovski <stanislav.maslov...@gmail.com> kbdd Stefan Haller <hali...@googlemail.com> desktopnova Stefano Karapetsas <stef...@karapetsas.com> caja-extensions (U) eom (U) mate-applets (U) mate-control-center (U) mate-power-manager (U) mate-screensaver (U) mate-session-manager (U) mate-settings-daemon (U) mate-user-share (U) Sundaram Ramaswamy <legend...@yahoo.com> artha (U) Teus Benschop <teusjanne...@gmail.com> xiphos (U) The Ayatana Packagers <pkg-ayatana-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> libdbusmenu notify-osd Thibaut Paumard <thib...@debian.org> pommed (U) Thomas Günther <t...@toms-cafe.de> vdr-plugin-xineliboutput (U) Thomas Koch <tho...@koch.ro> xwrited Thomas Schmidt <tschm...@debian.org> vdr-plugin-xineliboutput (U) Tobias Grimm <et...@debian.org> vdr-plugin-xineliboutput (U) Tomasz Buchert <tom...@debian.org> synapse Ulrike Uhlig <u...@451f.org> seahorse-nautilus (U) Unit 193 <unit...@ubuntu.com> xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin (U) xiphos (U) Valentin Vidic <vvi...@debian.org> cluster-glue (U) Vangelis Mouhtsis <vange...@gnugr.org> caja-extensions (U) caja-seahorse (U) eom (U) mate-applets (U) mate-control-center (U) mate-power-manager (U) mate-screensaver (U) mate-session-manager (U) mate-settings-daemon (U) mate-user-share (U) Vincent Cheng <vch...@debian.org> conky mangler Xiang Li <lixi...@kylinos.cn> ukui-power-manager (U) Youhei SASAKI <uwab...@gfd-dennou.org> cairo-dock (U) cairo-dock-plug-ins (U) YunQiang Su <s...@debian.org> fcitx-configtool (U) fcitx-fbterm (U) Yves-Alexis Perez <cor...@debian.org> light-locker (U) parole (U) xfburn (U) xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin (U) xfce4-screensaver (U) xfce4-session (U) xfce4-verve-plugin (U)
