no longer starts (Exception: fromstring() has been removed.)

[Rory]

thatch used to work for me (fedora 20 I believe). But now I install it, and it shows the eye and nothing more.

here's the console output:

/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/phatch/lib/notify.py:24: PyGIWarning: Notify was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Notify', '0.7') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  import gi.repository.Notify as pynotify
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/wx-3.0-gtk3/wx/_core.py", line 16762, in <lambda>
    lambda event: event.callable(*event.args, **event.kw) )
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/gui.py", line 1218, in show_frame
    frame = Frame(self.filename, None, -1, ct.TITLE)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/gui.py", line 327, in __init__
    frame.Frame.__init__(self, *args, **keyw)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/wxGlade/frame.py", line 141, in __init__
    self.tree = Tree(self, -1, style=wx.TR_HAS_BUTTONS|wx.TR_NO_LINES|wx.TR_FULL_ROW_HIGHLIGHT|wx.TR_HIDE_ROOT|wx.TR_DEFAULT_STYLE|wx.SUNKEN_BORDER)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/wxGlade/frame.py", line 26, in __init__
    set_dirty = parent.set_dirty,
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/phatch/lib/pyWx/treeEdit.py", line 96, in __init__
    self.CreateImageList(icon_size)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/phatch/lib/pyWx/treeEdit.py", line 111, in CreateImageList
    self._AddFormToImageList(form, icon_size, icon_disabled)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/phatch/lib/pyWx/treeEdit.py", line 120, in _AddFormToImageList
    wx_image = pil_wxImage(wxImage_pil(wx_image).resize(icon_size,\
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/phatch/lib/pyWx/wxPil.py", line 46, in wxImage_pil
    image.fromstring(wx_image.GetData())
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/PIL/Image.py", line 737, in fromstring
    "Please call frombytes() instead.")
Exception: fromstring() has been removed. Please call frombytes() instead.

[Nizar Kerkeni (nizarus)]

I have the same issue with xenial 64 bits.

[Pierantonio (pborga)]

Me too: I have the same issue with xenial 64 bits. Tks

[Paillomams (aymeric-pallottini)]

Same issue after xenial 64 bits upgrade from 15.10

[Francesc Busquets (francesc.busquets)]

This bug can be solved applying the patch described in:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=811184#12

The file to be modified is:
/usr/share/phatch/phatch/lib/pyWx/wxPil.py

[CANTE Pierre (pierrecante)]

Hello,
I confirm that Magnus Berg has solved the problem :
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=811184#12
Here phatch is working now with the new file
usr/share/phatch/phatch/lib/pyWx/wxPil.py

[Paillomams (aymeric-pallottini)]

Solved for me too

[NoBugs (nobugs-ubuntu)]

Yes problem solved, thank you, when will this be applied to repository?

[shemgp (shemgp)]

Here's a debdiff fix using a reverse patch of patch in #4. I could not use bzr lp-propose as it says:
bzr: ERROR: source package https://api.launchpad.net/1.0/ubuntu/xenial/+source/phatch has no branch.