Skytools needs python2.5

This package should work with python 2.6. I've checked and an error during the build in the origin of the problem.
Fixing first in Karmic.

Debdiff with the fix for Karmic

This bug was fixed in the package skytools - 2.1.8-2ubuntu1

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skytools (2.1.8-2ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * Build for python 2.6 (LP: #380866):
    - debian/skytools.install: substitute references to site-package with
      *-package and reference to python2.5 with python*
    - debian/rules: add include of simple-patchsys.mk
    - debian/patches/01_python2.6.diff: patch Makefile file to add
      --install-layout=deb parameter when calling python.py install

 -- Fabrice Coutadeur <email address hidden> Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:28:07 +0000

Actually it really does require python 2.5. I ran this new package on jaunty after building the debs from the source package and under 2.6 I get:

jerdman@jerdman-desktop:~/pgq$ pgqadm pgqadm.ini install
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pgqadm", line 10, in <module>
    from pgq.status import PGQStatus
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pgq/status.py", line 7
    def ival(data, as = None):
                    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I mucked around and installed 2.5 and then made some symlinks to the modules so I could run it and it works, but I get a bunch of:

jerdman@jerdman-desktop:~/pgq$ python2.5 /usr/bin/pgqadm pgqadm.ini install
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pgq/status.py:7: Warning: 'as' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pgq/status.py:9: Warning: 'as' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pgq/status.py:10: Warning: 'as' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pgq/status.py:13: Warning: 'as' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
2009-09-09 11:20:56,055 11360 INFO plpgsql is installed
2009-09-09 11:20:56,056 11360 INFO txid_current_snapshot is installed
2009-09-09 11:20:56,056 11360 INFO pgq is installed

So, it looks like the skytools folks will need to patch to change this variable name in order to run under 2.6, which stinks :(

Jon Erdman
StuckMojo on #postgresql @ irc.freenode.net

Hi,

Actually, this is another problem, as stated here: http://pgfoundry.org/pipermail/skytools-users/2008-November/000864.html
pgqadm has to be adapted, to work correctly with python2.6.

Please open another bug report to get a chance to fix it.

Thanks,
Fabrice

So, do we open a new bug to make this package depend on python2.5, or just reopen this one?

I'm new to launchpad so I'm not sure of the procedure...

Jon Erdman
StuckMojo on #postgresql @ irc.freenode.net

Hi,

Please open a new one with the problem in pgqadm, as the other programs work correctly and the fix on pqgadm is quite easy.

Thanks,
Fabrice.