[Python-modules-team] Bug#915895: python-limits FTBFS: ERROR: Failure: ImportError (cannot import name b)

[Adrian Bunk]

Source: python-limits
Version: 1.3-1
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs

https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/python-limits.html

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ERROR: Failure: ImportError (cannot import name b)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nose/loader.py", line 418, in loadTestsFromName
    addr.filename, addr.module)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nose/importer.py", line 47, in importFromPath
    return self.importFromDir(dir_path, fqname)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nose/importer.py", line 94, in importFromDir
    mod = load_module(part_fqname, fh, filename, desc)
  File "/build/1st/python-limits-1.3/.pybuild/cpython2_2.7_limits/build/tests/test_storage.py", line 10, in <module>
    import rediscluster
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rediscluster/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
    from .client import StrictRedisCluster, RedisCluster
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rediscluster/client.py", line 31, in <module>
    from redis._compat import iteritems, basestring, b, izip, nativestr, long
ImportError: cannot import name b

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Ran 20 tests in 0.236s

FAILED (errors=1)
E: pybuild pybuild:338: test: plugin distutils failed with: exit code=1: cd /build/1st/python-limits-1.3/.pybuild/cpython2_2.7_limits/build; python2.7 -m nose -v -a !remote
dh_auto_test: pybuild --test --test-nose -i python{version} -p 2.7 returned exit code 13
make: *** [debian/rules:9: build] Error 25