as a long-term solution, every rdepends should be patched as: try: from PIL import Image except ImportError: import Image
as a midterm solution, maybe ship a python-imaging-compat which holds the .pth file as short-term, maybe let python-imaging depend on python-imaging-compat. The list of rdependencies is longish: yade xpra xmms2tray xbmc wsjt wotsap videoporama twms trac-wikiprint trac-odtexport trac-diavisview tpclient-pywx tilecache svgtoipe streamtuner2 snowballz smartshine simple-image-reducer rst2pdf remuco-base rapid-photo-downloader python-weboob-core python-trml2pdf python-sympy python-surfer python-stepic python-sponge python-soya-doc python-skimage python-seqdiag python-scrapy python-scipy python-schooltool python-qrtools python-qrencode python-pyx python-pyepl python-plastex python-pisa python-pgm python-nwdiag python-numm python-mpltoolkits.basemap python-libtiff python-guiqwt python-glitch python-gamera python-freevo python-fabio python-enable python-djblets python-django-mumble python-django-filebrowser python-django-feincms python-dicom python-circuits python-captcha python-blockdiag python-actdiag python-aalib python-aafigure pymsnt pyicqt pyfai pyaimt psychopy plucker pkpgcounter photon photofilmstrip phatch-cli openshot openerp6.1-core oboinus nml nikola nautilus-image-manipulator moovida-plugins-bad mobyle mitmproxy memaker mediawiki-extensions-confirmedit mcomix mbot luciole lazygal last-align impressive ibid griffith grass-gui gpsdrive-scripts gourmet glue-sprite fretsonfire-game fontypython fofix fgo exaile-plugin-contextinfo didjvu dicompyler comix cinnamon cfv calibre bkchem beets apitrace-gl-frontend advene ubuntu-sso-client-qt python-uniconvertor-dbg python-uniconvertor python-sphinx python-reportlab python-htmlgen python-docutils hplip gwibber-service ** Also affects: phatch (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1112496 Title: python-imaging broken in raring To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gwibber/+bug/1112496/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs