[forwarded from http://bugs.debian.org/195812]

The application mentioned is offlineimap, available
from ftp://ftp.debian.org/dists/unstable/main/source/.

This behavior is new to Python 2.3.

When my application exits, I get a lot of these messages:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/threading.py", line 426, in
__bootstrap
    self.__stop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/threading.py", line 435, in
__stop
    self.__block.notifyAll()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/threading.py", line 239, in
notifyAll
    self.notify(len(self.__waiters))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/threading.py", line 221, in
notify
    currentThread() # for side-effect
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable
jgoerzen@christoph:~/tree/offlineimap-3.99.18$
./offlineimap.py  -l log -d maildir -a Personal,Excel
Unhandled exception in thread started by <bound method
ExitNotifyThread.__bootstrap of <ExitNotifyThread(Keep
alive LocalExcel, stopped daemon)>>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/threading.py", line 426, in
__bootstrap
    self.__stop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/threading.py", line 435, in
__stop
    self.__block.notifyAll()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/threading.py", line 239, in
notifyAll
    self.notify(len(self.__waiters))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/threading.py", line 221, in
notify
    currentThread() # for side-effect
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable
Unhandled exception in thread started by <bound method
ExitNotifyThread.__bootstrap of <ExitNotifyThread(Keep
alive RemoteExcel, stopped daemon)>>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/threading.py", line 426, in
__bootstrap
    self.__stop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/threading.py", line 435, in
__stop
    self.__block.notifyAll()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/threading.py", line 239, in
notifyAll
    self.notify(len(self.__waiters))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/threading.py", line 221, in
notify
    currentThread() # for side-effect
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable