Package: python-qrtools Version: 1.4~bzr21-1 Followup-For: Bug #812556 I tested and it is indeed sufficient to change line 181 to use .tobytes() instead of .tostring().
Karsten -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages python-qrtools depends on: ii python 2.7.11-1 ii python-imaging 3.2.0-2 ii python-zbar 0.10+doc-10+b1 ii qrencode 3.4.4-1+b1 python-qrtools recommends no packages. python-qrtools suggests no packages. -- no debconf information

