<dev-python/pygobject-2.12.2 seems to not be 64-bit safe with python2.5, as indicated by NEWS entry in the fresh pygobject-2.12.2 version: 2.12.2 3-october-2006 - Make PyGObject 64-bit safe for Python 2.5 (Gustavo) That should indicate that it doesn't work properly in earlier versions. A simple version bump, followed by unmasking and stabilization should fix this. This is mainly to have a bug blocking the python2.5 one.
I have added pygobject-2.12.2 to the tree. Testing for python2.5 compatibility together with >=pygtk-2.10.3 would be appreciated (I haven't gone 2.5 yet)
good news... from announcement list Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.16.0 to gnome-python 2.16.1 ==================================================================== * gnomevfs - Correctly detect the python library on Mac OS X (#363374) * gconf - Fix crash when using gconf.Client() (#365565) * general - Make unit tests use the modules from builddir - Make all code Python 2.5 + 64-bit ready (#338490)
yes, we need to stable >=pygobject-2.12.2, >=pygtk-2.10.3 and >=gnome-python-2.16.1 before python-2.5.x is stabilized
As pygobject-2.12.2 is in the tree by now, which should be python2.5 compatible, I'm closing this bug - python team will go over the (closed) deps of bug 148333 to see if compatible pygobject and gnome-python is stabilized once they are that far with python2.5. I have also added gnome-python-2.16.2 to the tree, which should be python2.5 compatible.
