Bug#975910: Incompatible change on get_version() wanted?

[Sebastien Bacher]

Package: python-debian
Version:  0.1.38 

Hey there,

In the 0.1.38 update get_version() stopped working, since it's not a
documented change I was wondering if that's wanted. It's impacting some
code out there, see for example
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=973227
(I've been debugging a similar issue in Ubuntu with ubuntu-image).

The code change are easy to do but still it would be best to not break
existing code if possible

Cheers,