Depends: python (< 2.6) but 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 is to be installed

[Savvas Radevic]

$ apt-cache policy python-urwid; sudo apt-get install python-urwid
python-urwid:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.9.8.3-1
  Version table:
     0.9.8.3-1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
  python-urwid: Depends: python (< 2.6) but 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

touch python-build-stamp-2.5
cd . && python setup.py build --build-base="/tmp/buildd/urwid-0.9.8.3/./build"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 29, in <module>
    import urwid
  File "/tmp/buildd/urwid-0.9.8.3/urwid/__init__.py", line 41, in <module>
    from listbox import *
  File "/tmp/buildd/urwid-0.9.8.3/urwid/listbox.py", line 82, in <module>
    class SimpleListWalker(MonitoredList, ListWalker):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/abc.py", line 79, in __new__
    cls = super(ABCMeta, mcls).__new__(mcls, name, bases, namespace)
TypeError: Error when calling the metaclass bases
    metaclass conflict: the metaclass of a derived class must be a (non-strict) subclass of the metaclasses of all its bases
make: *** [python-build-stamp-2.6] Error 1

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

Found a patch, I edited it since urwid/monitored_list.py doesn't exist anymore:
http://<email address hidden>/msg00297.html

Attached a debdiff patch.

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

Build logs attached matching the patch above.

Tested with "reportbug -B debian" and works! :)

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

Attaching a clean version of the patch, in case someone wants it for other distributions!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package urwid - 0.9.8.3-1ubuntu1

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urwid (0.9.8.3-1ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low

  * python 2.6 transition (LP: #342151)
    + debian/control, debian/rules: Depends and include dpatch
    + Added 10-metaclass_conflict_fix.dpatch

 -- Savvas Radevic <email address hidden> Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:16:49 +0100