Bug#547866: Fix for this bug

[Kumar Appaiah <a.kumar@alumni.iitm.ac.in>]

> > Please find attached a fix for this bug. Carl, should you require
> > sponsoring, you can ask your regular sponsor in the Python team, or I
> > shall be glad to do it.
> > 
> > If no upload happens in a week, I'll do a QA upload to fix this bug.
> 
> My new package (dh7, tiny.rules) is almost ready, I'll submit it to my
> sponsor this week end and it hopefully will be uploaded soon. This
> upload will solve the issue with python2.6.

Dear Carl,

Nice of you to let me know. I guess you will have a sponsor already;
if not, I can sponsor the package for you.

Thanks!

Kumar