In resolve version, always cast to a string (avoiding Unicode on Python 2). Fixes #476.

d8a425e0 · Jason R. Coombs · cfcfccb6 · d8a425e0 · d8a425e0
Commit d8a425e0 authored Dec 16, 2015 by Jason R. Coombs
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--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ CHANGES
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+------
+19.1.1
+------
+* Issue #476: Cast version to string (using default encoding)
+  to avoid creating Unicode types on Python 2 clients.
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 19.1
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--- a/ez_setup.py
+++ b/ez_setup.py
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ def _resolve_version(version):
        reader = codecs.getreader(charset)
        doc = json.load(reader(resp))
-    return doc['info']['version']
+    return str(doc['info']['version'])
 def _build_install_args(options):