old_contents: from distutils.core import Command
  import json
  import re
  import time
  import pkg_resources
  
  # Note, the last time I coded python daily was at Google, so it's entirely
  # possible some of my techniques below are outdated or bad.
  # If you have fixes, let me know.
  
  
  class get_metadata(Command):
    description = "get package metadata"
    user_options = []
  
    def initialize_options(self):
      pass
    # def initialize_options
  
    def finalize_options(self):
      pass
    # def finalize_options
  
    def run(self):
      #print type(self.distribution)
      #for i in sorted(dir(self.distribution)):
        #if i.startswith("_"):
          #continue
        ###print "%s: %r" % (i, self.__getattr__(i))
        #print "%s" % i
  
      data = {
        "name": self.distribution.get_name(),
        "version": self.distribution.get_version(),
        "author": "%s <%s>" % (self.distribution.get_author(),
          self.distribution.get_author_email()),
        "description": self.distribution.get_description(),
        "license": self.distribution.get_license(),
        "url": self.distribution.get_url(),
      }
  
      # If there are python C/extension modules, we'll want to build a native
      # arch package.
      if self.distribution.has_ext_modules():
        data["architecture"] = "native"
      else:
        data["architecture"] = "all"
      # end if
  
      final_deps = []
      if getattr(self.distribution, 'install_requires', None):
          for dep in pkg_resources.parse_requirements(self.distribution.install_requires):
              # add all defined specs to the dependecy list separately.
              if dep.specs:
                  for operator, version in dep.specs:
                      final_deps.append("%s %s %s" % (
                          dep.project_name,
                          "=" if operator == "==" else operator,
                          version
                      ))
              else:
                  final_deps.append(dep.project_name)            
  
      data["dependencies"] = final_deps
  
      #print json.dumps(data, indent=2)
      try:
        print(json.dumps(data, indent=2))
      except AttributeError as e:
        # For Python 2.5 and Debian's python-json
        print(json.write(data))
    # def run
  # class list_dependencies
  
new_contents: from distutils.core import Command
  import re
  import time
  import pkg_resources
  try:
      import json
  except ImportError:
      import simplejson as json
  
  # Note, the last time I coded python daily was at Google, so it's entirely
  # possible some of my techniques below are outdated or bad.
  # If you have fixes, let me know.
  
  
  class get_metadata(Command):
    description = "get package metadata"
    user_options = []
  
    def initialize_options(self):
      pass
    # def initialize_options
  
    def finalize_options(self):
      pass
    # def finalize_options
  
    def run(self):
      #print type(self.distribution)
      #for i in sorted(dir(self.distribution)):
        #if i.startswith("_"):
          #continue
        ###print "%s: %r" % (i, self.__getattr__(i))
        #print "%s" % i
  
      data = {
        "name": self.distribution.get_name(),
        "version": self.distribution.get_version(),
        "author": "%s <%s>" % (self.distribution.get_author(),
          self.distribution.get_author_email()),
        "description": self.distribution.get_description(),
        "license": self.distribution.get_license(),
        "url": self.distribution.get_url(),
      }
  
      # If there are python C/extension modules, we'll want to build a native
      # arch package.
      if self.distribution.has_ext_modules():
        data["architecture"] = "native"
      else:
        data["architecture"] = "all"
      # end if
  
      final_deps = []
      if getattr(self.distribution, 'install_requires', None):
          for dep in pkg_resources.parse_requirements(self.distribution.install_requires):
              # add all defined specs to the dependecy list separately.
              if dep.specs:
                  for operator, version in dep.specs:
                      final_deps.append("%s %s %s" % (
                          dep.project_name,
                          "=" if operator == "==" else operator,
                          version
                      ))
              else:
                  final_deps.append(dep.project_name)            
  
      data["dependencies"] = final_deps
  
      #print json.dumps(data, indent=2)
      if hasattr(json, 'dumps'):
          print(json.dumps(data, indent=2))
      else:
          # For Python 2.5 and Debian's python-json
          print(json.write(data))
    # def run
  # class list_dependencies
  
subject: Fix fpm on Python2.5