--- x2utf8.python2.2+	Tue Jan 20 20:03:38 2004
+++ x2utf8	Wed Jan 21 11:39:50 2004
@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@
 
 import sys
 
-if sys.hexversion < 0x02020000:
-    sys.exit("This script requires Python 2.2 or greater. Sorry.")
+if sys.hexversion < 0x02000000:
+    sys.exit("This script requires Python 2.0 or greater. Sorry.")
 
 
 def main():
     input = sys.stdin.read()
 
     try:
-        u = input.decode("utf_8")
+        u = unicode(input, "utf_8")
     except UnicodeError:
         try:
-            u = input.decode("iso8859_1")
+            u = unicode(input, "iso8859_1")
         except UnicodeError, v:
             sys.exit("Error while trying to decode the input as "
                      "ISO 8859-1: %s" % v)