[Python-modules-team] Bug#566795: Bug#566795: python-launchpadlib: Always depend on python-simplejson

[Piotr Ożarowski]

[Martin Pitt, 2010-01-25]
>   * 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)

how about patching launchpadlib instead to use something like:

  try:
      import json
  except ImportError:
      import simplejson as json

(and use json instead of simplejson later).
json module from stdlib is actually (a little bit cleaned) simplejson

From what I've seen in the sources it should be ok.

PS note that simplejson will have to be removed from install_requires in
setup.py (and thus from require.txt
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