Unfortunately 1.9.0 doesn't address fully the issues:

[ 108s] Traceback (most recent call last):
[ 108s] File "./t-protocol-assuan.py", line 27, in <module>
[ 108s] err = c.assuan_transact('nop')
[ 108s] File "/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/gpgme-1.9.0/lang/python/python2.7-gpg/build/lib.linux-
x86_64-2.7/gpg/core.py", line 790, in assuan_transact
[ 108s] errorcheck(err)
[ 108s] File "/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/gpgme-1.9.0/lang/python/python2.7-gpg/build/lib.linux-
x86_64-2.7/gpg/errors.py", line 62, in errorcheck
[ 108s] raise GPGMEError(retval, extradata)
[ 108s] gpg.errors.GPGMEError: GPGME: IPC connect call failed

Two tests fail.

Unfortunately I'm unable to test this properly, because the patches can't be
applied properly to 1.8.0 (I need to add them to the package).