Re: [Visualpython-users] import error with python 2.6.3

[Guy K. K. <g....@ma...>]

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:55:55 Anders Wallin wrote:
> is there any news or progress on how to get  visual to run on Ubuntu 9.10 ?

No, not really, but ...

I've attended Kiwi PyCon [1] this weekend, and met quite a few 
Launchpad/Ubuntu developers there. The bug responsible for the mis-behaviour 
[2] has just been promoted to importance level "high", so it is likely to be 
fixed during the life time of Karmic, rather than waiting for 10.04. Having 
said that, they're trying to dig through the current Boost.Python SVN working 
branch to pick out the change that made Boost work again, and backport a patch 
to the current deployed stable version 1.38.

So, let's keep our fingers crossed so that things will start working again 
soon.

Guy

PS: BTW, side note from the Canonical developers @ Kiwi PyCon: If something's 
not up to your needs, and you want to get attention from the Ubuntu teams, 
file a bug report on Launchpad. They *do not* listen in on rants on the Ubuntu 
forums, as they're swamped with bug and enhancement requests already, and the 
bug tracker is the only thing they can possibly manage without losing their 
sanity.


[1] http://nz.pycon.org
[2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boost1.38/+bug/457688

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