As was recently discussed on debian-python: http://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2010/05/msg00111.html
String exceptions are no longer supported at all in Python 2.6. Since this is the Python version planned to be the default in Squeeze, packages still using them should be fixed. String exceptions have never worked reliably or been a good idea. It is time for them to go. A couple of weeks ago, Jakub Wilk noticed this issue and prepared both a DD list of affected packages and the grep output that was used to detect potentially affected packages. I know some of these packages have been fixed already. Please reply to debian-python with fix reports or reports of false positives. http://people.debian.org/~jwilk/tmp/string-exceptions.ddlist http://people.debian.org/~jwilk/tmp/string-exceptions.log Without examining each package in detail, it's difficult to know the impact of this error on each package. I expect to file the bugs at normal severity and leave it to maintainers to adjust it up or down. Scott K -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201006052243.28438.deb...@kitterman.com
