[Python-modules-team] Bug#588855: python-pyfiglet: DeprecationWarning in Python 2.6

[Stefano Rivera]

Package: python-pyfiglet
Version: 0.4+dfsg-1
Severity: minor

Package emits a deprecation warning under Python 2.6:

$ pyfiglet hello
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/pyfiglet.py:193: DeprecationWarning:
object.__init__() takes no parameters
  str.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
  ╻ ╻┏━╸╻  ╻  ┏━┓
  ┣━┫┣╸ ┃  ┃  ┃ ┃
  ╹ ╹┗━╸┗━╸┗━╸┗━┛

SR

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_ZA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages python-pyfiglet depends on:
ii  python                        2.6.5-5    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-support                1.0.9      automated rebuilding support for P

Versions of packages python-pyfiglet recommends:
ii  toilet-fonts                  0.2-1      collection of TOIlet fonts

Versions of packages python-pyfiglet suggests:
pn  figlet                        <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information

-- 
Stefano Rivera
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