====== firstimpression ======

After having read [[http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.general/102891|this]], I thought about giving it a try:

  >> python
  Python 2.4.3 (#2, Apr 27 2006, 14:43:58)
  [GCC 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)] on linux2
  Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
  >>> import apt_pkg
  >>> apt_pkg.UpstreamVersion('1.0-1')
  zsh: segmentation fault  python

Of course, it is perhaps not meant to be used that way, but the error handling isn't too impressive either.

~~DISCUSSION~~