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    Python apps which initialize threads will end up waking every 1/10th of a

    second, rather than idling properly.

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Actually, PyGTK applications.  The update manager relies on PyGTK.

Python applications not dependent on PyGTK are unaffected.

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Wicd is Python-based:<br>

<pre class="message">ii  python                        2.5.2-2    An interactive high-level object-o

ii  python-dbus                   0.83.0-1   simple interprocess messaging syst

ii  python-glade2                 2.12.1-6   GTK+ bindings: Glade support

ii  python-gtk2                   2.12.1-6   Python bindings for the GTK+ widge

ii  python-support                0.8.6      automated rebuilding support for P

ii  wireless-tools                29-1.1     Tools for manipulating Linux Wirel

ii  wpasupplicant                 0.6.4-2    Client support for WPA and WPA2 (I

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but doesn't seem to cause problems. Perhaps it's some particular APIs

within PyGTK? Or perhaps it's PyGTK and not PyGTK2?<br>

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J.E.B.<br>

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