[Bug 498892] [NEW] Doclifter is not compatible with newer Python versions

[Mathieu Comandon]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: doclifter

Oh noes, a tool written by Eric S. Raymond himself is broken in Ubuntu, this is not acceptable. 
The problem is that the code is quite old and has not been updated in years, some variable are reserved keywords of the python language (with, as) . There is also an obsolete module (sre) which can easily be removed. 

What freaks me out is that this bug has been left unnoticed for years,
and this means that no one has read "The art of Unix programming" by ESR
where the tool is mentioned. This is an essential book , read it !

I have attached a patch which solves issues with doclifter.

** Affects: doclifter (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

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Doclifter is not compatible with newer Python versions
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