Heads up: Upcoming python-pillow 2.2 breaks "import _imaging"

[Sandro Mani]

Hello all,

As described here [1], the upcoming python-pillow 2.2 will break "import 
_imaging", and "from PIL.Image import core as _imaging" should be used 
instead). This does not break backwards compatibility with python-pillow 
< 2.2.

Python-pillow-2.2 will probably land in rawhide some time next weekend. 
In the meantime, maintainers of packages requiring python-imaging or 
python-pillow should check if this breakage affects them. The following 
quick hacky script [2] shows that the following packages might need to 
be adapted:

!! calibre-0:0.9.36-1.fc20.x86_64 may contain _imaging import:
usr/lib64/calibre/calibre/test_build.py:        import _imaging, 
_imagingmath, _imagingft
usr/lib64/calibre/calibre/test_build.py:        _imaging, _imagingmath, 
_imagingft
usr/lib64/calibre/calibre/test_build.py:        from PIL import 
_imaging, _imagingmath, _imagingft
usr/lib64/calibre/calibre/test_build.py:    _imaging, _imagingmath, 
_imagingft

!! python-reportlab-0:2.5-7.fc19.x86_64 may contain _imaging import:
usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/reportlab/lib/utils.py:        for mn 
in ('_rl_accel','_renderPM','sgmlop','pyRXP','pyRXPU','_imaging','Image'):


Best,

Sandro


[1] https://github.com/python-imaging/Pillow/issues/249
[2] http://smani.fedorapeople.org/scan-for-imaging.sh