Description of problem:

$ rpm -q python3-slip
python3-slip-0.6.0-3.fc21.noarch

$ python3
Python 3.4.2 (default, Jan 12 2015, 12:13:20) 
[GCC 4.9.2 20150107 (Red Hat 4.9.2-5)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import slip.dbus.service
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/slip/dbus/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    from . import service
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/slip/dbus/service.py", line 32, in <module>
    from .._wrappers import _gobject as GObject
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/slip/_wrappers/_gobject.py", line 53, in <module>
    setattr(_self, what, getattr(_mod, what))
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 62, in __getattr__
    raise AttributeError(_static_binding_error)
AttributeError: When using gi.repository you must not import static modules like "gobject". Please change all occurrences of "import gobject" to "from gi.repository import GObject". See: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=709183


The problem is in slip._wrappers._gobject which tries to abstract between gobject and gi.repository.GObject. The code which detects if to use gi.repository.GObject is probably based on a wrong assumption
that 'gobject' is not listed in sys.modules when gi.repository.GObject is imported. It is apparently not true:

>>> import sys
>>> import gi.repository.GObject
>>> 'gi.repository.GObject' in sys.modules
True
>>> 'gobject' in sys.modules
True


The following patch fixes this issue for me:


diff -up /usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/slip/_wrappers/_gobject.py.orig /usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/slip/_wrappers/_gobject.py
--- /usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/slip/_wrappers/_gobject.py.orig    2015-02-19 12:19:48.278330524 +0100
+++ /usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/slip/_wrappers/_gobject.py 2015-02-19 12:36:31.801840987 +0100
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ _self = sys.modules[__name__]
 _mod = None
 
 while _mod is None:
-    if 'gobject' in sys.modules:
-        _mod = sys.modules['gobject']
-    elif 'gi.repository.GObject' in sys.modules:
+    if 'gi.repository.GObject' in sys.modules:
         _mod = sys.modules['gi.repository.GObject']
+    elif 'gobject' in sys.modules:
+        _mod = sys.modules['gobject']
     # if not yet imported, try to import gobject first, then
     # gi.repository.GObject ...
     if _mod is None: