incompatibility with python 3.12

[slynobody]

Describe the bug
does not work anymore with python 3.12

Include the following information:

• OpenSnitch 1.6.5.1
• OS: Debian
• Version: trixie
• Window Manager: KDE
• Kernel version: 6.7

To Reproduce
Describe in detail as much as you can what happened.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. work with os with python 3.11, everything works
2. install python3.12
3. opensnitch-ui throws errors
4. See error

Post error logs:
File "/usr/bin/opensnitch-ui", line 41, in
from opensnitch.service import UIService
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/opensnitch/service.py", line 18, in
from opensnitch.dialogs.prompt import PromptDialog
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/opensnitch/dialogs/prompt.py", line 17, in
from opensnitch.desktop_parser import LinuxDesktopParser
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/opensnitch/desktop_parser.py", line 3, in
import pyinotify
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pyinotify.py", line 71, in
import asyncore
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'asyncore'

[gustavo-iniguez-goya]

Hi @slynobody ,

It seems that Debian's python3-pyinotify is still using the deprecated module asyncore. It has been removed in PEP-594:
https://peps.python.org/pep-0594/#networking-modules

Last version on Debian Sid is 0.9.6-2 (Sat, 11 Jun 2022 21:27:16). Maybe we need to file a bug report in order to let them know about this error?

On our side, I'll try to reproduce and fix it.

[slynobody]

is there a workaround? python3.12 is on sid now replacing 3.11?

[gustavo-iniguez-goya]

I've just released v1.6.6 with a temporal solution. It should not crash now.

[gustavo-iniguez-goya]

Fedora "fixed" this issue almost a year ago:

https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-inotify/c/68a5a14134b8cefe47f1789dd444056abd8a70b8?branch=rawhide

[gustavo-iniguez-goya]

And now a fix has entered in Debian Sid 🎉

  * Add pyasyncore to Depends for support in Python >= 3.12.
    (Closes: #1075811, #1040102, #1075939)