diff -u wxwidgets2.8-2.8.7.1/debian/control wxwidgets2.8-2.8.7.1/debian/control
--- wxwidgets2.8-2.8.7.1/debian/control
+++ wxwidgets2.8-2.8.7.1/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.37.1), flex, bison, gettext, libgtk2.0-dev, python-all-dev, python-all-dbg, zlib1g-dev, libjpeg62-dev, libpng12-dev, libtiff4-dev, libsm-dev, libgl1-mesa-dev | libgl-dev, libglu1-mesa-dev | libglu-dev, libesd0-dev, libgnomeprintui2.2-dev, libgconf2-dev, libgstreamer0.10-dev, libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev, python-central, bc, dpatch
 Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU developers <ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com>
 XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Ron Lee <ron@debian.org>
-XS-Python-Version: all
+XS-Python-Version: >= 2.4
 Standards-Version: 3.7.3
 
 Package: libwxbase2.8-0
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 Architecture: any
 Section: python
 Depends: python-wxversion (>= 2.8.6.1-0ubuntu2), ${python:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
-Suggests: wx2.8-doc, wx2.8-examples, python-xml
+Suggests: wx2.8-doc, wx2.8-examples
 Conflicts: libwxgtk2.6-0-python, wxpython2.6-0
 Replaces: libwxgtk2.6-0-python, wxpython2.6-0
 Provides: ${python:Provides}
@@ -118,15 +118,13 @@
  unpopular ones as well).  For more information see http://wxwidgets.org
  .
  This package provides a Python binding to the wxGTK library and the
- wxPython runtime support libraries.  If you wish to use xrc you'll also
- need the python-xml package installed.
+ wxPython runtime support libraries.
 
 Package: python-wxgtk2.8-dbg
 Priority: extra
 Architecture: any
 Section: python
 Depends: python-wxgtk2.8 (= ${binary:Version}), python-dbg, ${shlibs:Depends}
-Suggests: python-xml-dbg
 Description: wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (wxPython binding, debug version)
  wxWidgets is a class library for C++ providing GUI (Graphical User
  Interface) and other facilities on more than one platform.  Version 2.8
@@ -175,7 +173,6 @@
  unpopular ones as well).  For more information see http://wxwidgets.org
  .
  This package provides support utilities and common files for wxPython2.8.
- If you wish to use xrced you'll also need the python-xml package installed.
 
 Package: wx-common
 Architecture: any
diff -u wxwidgets2.8-2.8.7.1/debian/changelog wxwidgets2.8-2.8.7.1/debian/changelog
--- wxwidgets2.8-2.8.7.1/debian/changelog
+++ wxwidgets2.8-2.8.7.1/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+wxwidgets2.8 (2.8.7.1-0ubuntu2) hardy; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/control: removed references to the deprecated and 
+    redundant package python-xml (LP: #199014).
+
+ -- Morten Kjeldgaard <mok@bioxray.au.dk>  Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:57:41 +0100
+
 wxwidgets2.8 (2.8.7.1-0ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream version, based on the upstream tarball