[Bug]: Build broken on vala 0.56.11

[harmathy]

Describe the bug

I use the AUR package and Vala compiler on Arch Linux was recently updated from 0.56.8 to 0.56.11, which breaks the build.

Steps To Reproduce

see above

Logs and/or Screenshots

../Tuba/src/Widgets/VoteBox.vala:75.17-75.39: warning: `Gtk.CssProvider.load_from_data' has been deprecated since 4.12
   75 |                 provider.load_from_data (generate_css_style ((int) percentage).data);
      |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                              
../Tuba/src/Widgets/VoteBox.vala:75.42-75.83: error: Argument 1: Cannot convert from `unowned uint8[]' to `unowned string'
   75 |                 provider.load_from_data (generate_css_style ((int) percentage).data);
      |                                          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
../Tuba/src/Widgets/VoteBox.vala:75.17-75.84: error: 1 missing arguments for `void Gtk.CssProvider.load_from_data (string, ssize_t)'
   75 |                 provider.load_from_data (generate_css_style ((int) percentage).data);
      |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
../Tuba/src/Widgets/VoteBox.vala:76.17-76.37: warning: `Gtk.Widget.get_style_context' has been deprecated since 4.10
   76 |                 row.get_style_context ().add_provider (provider, Gtk.STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_APPLICATION);
      |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                                                     
Compilation failed: 2 error(s), 2 warning(s)
[44/167] Linking target tests/Celebrate
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

Instance Backend

Mastodon

Operating System

Arch Linux

Package

Compiled manually

Troubleshooting information

n/a

Additional Context

Workaround:

• downgrade to vala 0.56.8
• build
• after successful build vala can be safely updated

[GeopJr]

Thanks for raising this issue!

That probably shouldn't have landed in a patch release of Vala :/

I'll attempt to backport it and make a patch release