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  1. Bug #510129
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Comment 5 for bug 510129

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James Westby (james-w) wrote : Re: [Bug 510129] Re: python-launchpadlib is missing python-simplejson dependency

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:10:09 -0000, Launchpad Bug Tracker <email address hidden> wrote:
> This bug was fixed in the package python-launchpadlib - 1.5.4-1ubuntu1
>
> ---------------
> python-launchpadlib (1.5.4-1ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low
>
> * debian/control: Always depend on python-simplejson, drop the alternative
> "python2.6" dependency. While python2.6 also ships a json module, it has
> at least a different module name, and possibly even a different API.
> (LP: #510129)

I believe it has the same API, I've seen code that does

try:
  import json
except ImportError:
  import simplejson as json

and then uses json throughout.

Thanks for fixing this though.

James