diff -u subversion-1.7.9/debian/changelog subversion-1.7.9/debian/changelog
--- subversion-1.7.9/debian/changelog
+++ subversion-1.7.9/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+subversion (1.7.9-1+nmu1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Convert SVN_STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE to an integer in svn/core.py (closes: #683188).
+
+ -- Michael Gilbert <mgilbert@debian.org>  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:58:01 +0000
+
 subversion (1.7.9-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream version.  Some DOS fixes in mod_dav_svn:
diff -u subversion-1.7.9/debian/patches/series subversion-1.7.9/debian/patches/series
--- subversion-1.7.9/debian/patches/series
+++ subversion-1.7.9/debian/patches/series
@@ -21,0 +22 @@
+chunksize-integer.patch
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- subversion-1.7.9.orig/debian/patches/chunksize-integer.patch
+++ subversion-1.7.9/debian/patches/chunksize-integer.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Author: W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org>
+Bug-Debian: 683188
+--- subversion-1.7.9.orig/subversion/bindings/swig/python/svn/core.py
++++ subversion-1.7.9/subversion/bindings/swig/python/svn/core.py
+@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
+       # read the rest of the stream
+       chunks = [ ]
+       while True:
+-        data = svn_stream_read(self._stream, SVN_STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE)
++        data = svn_stream_read(self._stream, int(SVN_STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE))
+         if not data:
+           break
+         chunks.append(data)