Python version mismatches causes "Could not create script engine" errors

[Cole Mickens]

So, I want to use the "Screensaver Control" widget in KDE.

This is the message I'm receiving:

$ plasma-windowed screensaver-control
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
plasma-windowed(562)/kdecore (services) KServiceFactory::findServiceByDesktopPath: "" not found
plasma-windowed(562)/python (plugin): Failed to import module
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/kde4/apps/plasma_scriptengine_python/pyappletscript.py", line 23, in <module>
    import plasma_importer
  File "/usr/share/kde4/apps/plasma_scriptengine_python/plasma_importer.py", line 113
    exec code in mod.__dict__
            ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Based on Googling this seems to have been an issue in 2011 due to Python versioning issues. Maybe something changed in raring or ?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.