Better transformation from pil.image to gtk pixbuf (see last commit)

src/gtkgui_helpers.py

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ try:
 except:
     pass
 from io import BytesIO
+import array
 
 import logging
 log = logging.getLogger('gajim.gtkgui_helpers')
@@ -417,22 +418,31 @@ def get_abspath_for_script(scriptname, want_type = False):
     else:
         return path_to_script
 
+# see http://stackoverflow.com/a/8892894/3528174
+# and https://developer.gnome.org/gdk-pixbuf/unstable/gdk-pixbuf-Image-Data-in-Memory.html#gdk-pixbuf-new-from-bytes
+def pillow2pixbuf(im):
+    arr = array.array('B', im.tobytes())
+    width, height = im.size
+    return GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.new_from_data(arr, GdkPixbuf.Colorspace.RGB,
+                                          False, 8, width, height, width * 3)
+
 def get_pixbuf_from_data(file_data, want_type = False):
     """
     Get image data and returns GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf if want_type is True it also
     returns 'jpeg', 'png' etc
     """
-    pixbufloader = GdkPixbuf.PixbufLoader()
     # try to open and convert every image format supported by PILLOW to png format
     try:
-        avatar = Image.open(BytesIO(file_data)).convert("RGB")
-        output = BytesIO()
-        avatar.save(output, format='PNG')
-        file_data = output.getvalue()
-        output.close()
+        im = Image.open(BytesIO(file_data)).convert("RGB")
+        pixbuf = pillow2pixbuf(im)
+        if want_type:
+            typ = "png"
+            return pixbuf, typ
+        else:
+            return pixbuf
     except:
-        log.debug("Could not use pillow to convert avatar image (this is non fatal)")
-        pass        # this didn't work, so just use the old gtk code to import the image
+        log.info("Could not use pillow to convert avatar image to pixbuf, trying pixbufloader instead...")
+        pixbufloader = GdkPixbuf.PixbufLoader()
         try:
             pixbufloader.write(file_data)
             pixbufloader.close()