[Python-modules-team] Bug#483043: python-opengl: Workaround found

[Evgeni Golov]

Package: python-opengl
Version: 3.0.0~b6-2
Followup-For: Bug #483043

After posting this issue to the SF.net bugtracker[1], another user has found a
workaround[2]: 
import OpenGL
OpenGL.ERROR_CHECKING = False
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[1] http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105988&aid=2333002&group_id=5988
[2] http://asleepfromday.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/bug-in-python-opengl-mesa/

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-rc6-z61m-1 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages python-opengl depends on:
ii  freeglut3                     2.4.0-6.1  OpenGL Utility Toolkit
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]      7.2-1      A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libglu1-mesa [libglu1]        7.2-1      The OpenGL utility library (GLU)
ii  python [python-ctypes]        2.5.2-3    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-central                0.6.8      register and build utility for Pyt
ii  python-ctypes                 1.0.2-5    Python package to create and manip
ii  python-pkg-resources          0.6c8-4    Package Discovery and Resource Acc

python-opengl recommends no packages.

Versions of packages python-opengl suggests:
ii  libgle3                       3.1.0-6    OpenGL tubing and extrusion librar
ii  python-numpy                  1:1.1.1-1  Numerical Python adds a fast array
ii  python-tk                     2.5.2-1    Tkinter - Writing Tk applications 

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