python 2.4.2 incompatibility?

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Affected Version: 1.7.4.2
Environment: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) 10.3

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. repo init

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
* [new tag]         v1.7.4.2   -> v1.7.4.2
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/local/mnt/workspace/.repo/repo/main.py", line 39, in ?
    from manifest_xml import XmlManifest
  File "/local/mnt/workspace/.repo/repo/manifest_xml.py", line 18, in ?
    import xml.dom.minidom
ImportError: No module named xml.dom.minidom

Please provide any additional information below.

user@myhost-lnx:/local/mnt/workspace>  cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.16.60-0.59.1-smp (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 4.1.2 
20070115 (SUSE Linux)) #1 SMP Thu Jan 14 18:30:10 UTC 2010
user@myhost-lnx:/local/mnt/workspace> which python
/usr/bin/python
user@myhost-lnx:/local/mnt/workspace> python -V
Python 2.4.2
user@myhost-lnx:/local/mnt/workspace>

Original issue reported on code.google.com by nas...@grainawi.org on 20 May 2011 at 5:14

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Same issue on an ssh interface

Original comment by j...@eyrie.in on 12 Dec 2011 at 5:20

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Since a5be53f9c809009e67f217c00b8f30246aacc237 only 2.6 and above is supported.

Original comment by david.pu...@sonymobile.com on 8 Apr 2013 at 10:14

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