[Bug 1899298] [NEW] dbus.Byte does not accept single character strings

[Len Ovens]

Public bug reported:

Using dbus.Byte to create a Byte value for dbus errors out with:
    return dbus.Byte(value);
TypeError: Expected a bytes or str of length 1, or an int in the range 0-255

even with a one character string like 'e' or 'a'. This is likely because
python2 strings were char and python3 strings are unicode. dbus.Byte
should still accept a str of length 1 and make the needed conversion
internally.

** Affects: dbus-python (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  dbus.Byte does not accept single character strings

Status in dbus-python package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Using dbus.Byte to create a Byte value for dbus errors out with:
      return dbus.Byte(value);
  TypeError: Expected a bytes or str of length 1, or an int in the range 0-255

  even with a one character string like 'e' or 'a'. This is likely
  because python2 strings were char and python3 strings are unicode.
  dbus.Byte should still accept a str of length 1 and make the needed
  conversion internally.

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