From 51e58583e0dd18f7632fa318e5071feddc5adbae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: holger krekel <holger@merlinux.eu>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 14:49:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] better naming

---
 deltachat-rpc-client/src/deltachat_rpc_client/rpc.py | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-client/src/deltachat_rpc_client/rpc.py b/deltachat-rpc-client/src/deltachat_rpc_client/rpc.py
index 194470ea4..c588d971a 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-client/src/deltachat_rpc_client/rpc.py
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-client/src/deltachat_rpc_client/rpc.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class RpcShutdownError(JsonRpcError):
 class RpcMethod:
     """RPC method."""
 
-    def __init__(self, rpc: "Rpc", name: str):
+    def __init__(self, rpc: "BaseRpc", name: str):
         self.rpc = rpc
         self.name = name
 
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class BaseRpc:
         return RpcMethod(self, attr)
 
 
-class Rpc(BaseRpc):
+class RpcSubprocess(BaseRpc):
     """RPC client that runs and connects to a deltachat-rpc-server in a subprocess."""
 
     def __init__(self, accounts_dir: Optional[str] = None, rpc_server_path: Optional[str] = "deltachat-rpc-server"):
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class Rpc(BaseRpc):
 
         The given arguments will be passed to subprocess.Popen().
         """
-        super(Rpc, self).__init__()
+        super(RpcSubprocess, self).__init__()
         self._accounts_dir = accounts_dir
         self.rpc_server_path: str = rpc_server_path
 
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ class Rpc(BaseRpc):
         self.server_stdin.close()
 
 
+# backward compatibility
+Rpc = RpcSubprocess
+
+
 class RpcFIFO(BaseRpc):
     """RPC client that runs and connects to a deltachat-rpc-server through FIFO files."""