luaPackages.lgi: Backport fix for GLib 2.88

[benaryorg]

This replaces the earlier 2.86 patch.
One may consider bumping the source to something newer than the 8 year old release, but that's out of scope for this fix.

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Links:

• Fixes Build failure: Awesome #523345
• Incompatibility with gobject-introspection 1.86: core.record.fromarray() receives table instead of lgi.record lgi-devs/lgi#362
• fix: bring the test suite back to the pass state on newer GLib lgi-devs/lgi#361
• ZHF: NixOS 26.05 – Zero Hydra Failures #516381

Vendored because the PR isn't merged yet (at time of writing).
Tested by cherry-picking on top of current nixos-unstable and running awesome (the window manager), so it should work in practice, anyone running nixpkgs-review would be appreciated tho.

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[benaryorg]

To anyone reading the commit message and wondering about a potential new release; there is an upstream issue from 2019 for maybe tagging a new release.
The "current" release is 0.9.2-1 from 2017.

[mrcjkb]

Based on the discussion in lgi-devs/lgi#225, it looks like there won't be a new release anytime soon, because none of the current maintainers have the necessary permissions (and I presume they don't have access to the luarocks account either).
I'd say this is one of those cases where we should just use the scm-1 rockspec until they figure out how to publish new releases.

[benaryorg]

I'd say this is one of those cases where we should just use the scm-1 rockspec until they figure out how to publish new releases.

As stated in the commit message, I think that's out-of-scope for this PR.
Since 26.05 has branched off it would be nice if we could get this (which is basically a minimal fix AFAICT) merged and backported to fix the builds, and then do implement any changes to the source repository in a second PR targeting only master.
That'd allow any potential changes (of the past 8 or so years) to first be tested via nixos-unstable and then either end up in a release in 26.11 or via a backport if glib compatibility (or something else) breaks before the next release.

That's just my opinion tho ^^

[mrcjkb]

Since 26.05 has branched off it would be nice if we could get this (which is basically a minimal fix AFAICT) merged and backported to fix the builds, and then do implement any changes to the source repository in a second PR targeting only master.
That'd allow any potential changes (of the past 8 or so years) to first be tested via nixos-unstable and then either end up in a release in 26.11 or via a backport if glib compatibility (or something else) breaks before the next release.

Sounds reasonable.
Running nixpkgs-review...

[mrcjkb]

nixpkgs-review result

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x86_64-linux

✅ 53 packages built:

• awesome
• awesome.doc
• boatswain
• budgie-analogue-clock-applet
• budgie-control-center
• budgie-control-center.debug
• budgie-desktop
• budgie-desktop-with-plugins
• budgie-desktop.dev
• budgie-desktop.man
• budgie-gsettings-overrides
• budgie-systemmonitor-applet
• budgie-user-indicator-redux
• calls
• calls.devdoc
• clapper
• clapper-enhancers
• clapper-unwrapped
• clapper-unwrapped.dev
• clapper-unwrapped.lib
• gimp (gimpPlugins.gimp)
• gimp-with-plugins
• gimp-with-plugins.man
• gimp.dev (gimpPlugins.gimp.dev)
• gimp.devdoc (gimpPlugins.gimp.devdoc)
• gimp.man (gimpPlugins.gimp.man)
• gimpPlugins.gmic
• gimpPlugins.lightning
• gimpPlugins.resynthesizer
• gnome-builder
• gnome-builder.devdoc
• gnome-manuals
• ironbar
• libfoundry
• libfoundry.dev
• libfoundry.devdoc
• libpeas2
• libpeas2.dev
• libpeas2.devdoc
• liferea
• lua51Packages.lgi
• luaPackages.lgi (lua52Packages.lgi)
• lua53Packages.lgi
• luajitPackages.lgi
• newsflash
• pantheon.elementary-code
• pipeline
• televido
• tuba
• vala-language-server
• valent
• vscode-extensions.prince781.vala
• xapp-thumbnailers

[nixpkgs-ci]

Successfully created backport PR for release-26.05:

• [Backport release-26.05] luaPackages.lgi: Backport fix for GLib 2.88 #524145