This bug was fixed in the package python-cassandra-driver - 2.5.1-1ubuntu0.1
--------------- python-cassandra-driver (2.5.1-1ubuntu0.1) xenial; urgency=high * Cherry-pick upstream commit to fix compat with python 2.7.12 - weakref.ref no longer accepts kwargs. (LP: #1603436) -- Dimitri John Ledkov <x...@ubuntu.com> Mon, 25 Jul 2016 12:17:29 +0100 ** Changed in: python-cassandra-driver (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to python2.7 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1603436 Title: Regression in python2.7 SRU breaks python-cassandra Status in python-cassandra-driver package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in python2.7 package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in python-cassandra-driver source package in Xenial: Fix Released Status in python2.7 source package in Xenial: Invalid Status in python-cassandra-driver source package in Yakkety: Fix Released Status in python2.7 source package in Yakkety: Invalid Bug description: "SRU: backport python 2.7.12 to 16.04 LTS" (bug 1591895) has caused a regression in (at least) python-cassandra. Any attempt to connect to a cluster fails due to: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cassandra/cluster.py", line 1894, in _reconnect_internal return self._try_connect(host) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cassandra/cluster.py", line 1921, in _try_connect self_weakref = weakref.ref(self, callback=partial(_clear_watcher, weakref.proxy(connection))) TypeError: ref() does not take keyword arguments It would appear that Python 2.7.12 has made the permitted calling conventions for weakref.ref() stricter. See https://github.com/datastax/python-driver/pull/585 for upstream discussion of the issue. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-cassandra-driver/+bug/1603436/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp