=== modified file 'launchpadbugs/connector.py'
--- launchpadbugs/connector.py	2008-07-19 11:52:42 +0000
+++ launchpadbugs/connector.py	2008-08-27 16:17:33 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from lpconstants import CONNECTOR, _MODE_WRAPPER
+from exceptions import LaunchpadError
 
 #
 # factory 
@@ -67,6 +68,10 @@
     def needs_login(self):
         return self.connection.needs_login()
     
+    #wrapper around old exception class
+    class Error:
+        LPURLError = LaunchpadError
+        
 
 class ConnectBug(LaunchpadConnector):
     def __init__(self, method=CONNECTOR.MODES.DEFAULT):

=== modified file 'launchpadbugs/exceptions.py'
--- launchpadbugs/exceptions.py	2008-07-17 07:34:06 +0000
+++ launchpadbugs/exceptions.py	2008-08-27 16:13:21 +0000
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
         else:
             t = " %s" %t
         return "<LaunchpadError%s>" %t
+        
+    @property
+    def value(self):
+        try:
+            return self.msg
+        except:
+            return None
     
 class LaunchpadURLError(LaunchpadError, urllib2.URLError):
     def __init__(self, msg, url=None):