Fix Python 2.6.0/2.6.1 support (fixes #302)

docs/changes.rst

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ v0.12.0 (in development)
 
 (in development)
 
+- Make Mopidy work on Python 2.6 versions less than 2.6.2rc1. (Fixes:
+  :issue:`302`)
+
 **Spotify backend**
 
 - Let GStreamer handle time position tracking and seeks. (Fixes: :issue:`191`)

mopidy/__main__.py

@@ -79,37 +79,40 @@ def main():
 def parse_options():
     parser = optparse.OptionParser(
         version='Mopidy %s' % versioning.get_version())
+    # NOTE Python 2.6: To support Python versions < 2.6.2rc1 we must use
+    # bytestrings for the first argument to ``add_option``
+    # See https://github.com/mopidy/mopidy/issues/302 for details
     parser.add_option(
-        '--help-gst',
+        b'--help-gst',
         action='store_true', dest='help_gst',
         help='show GStreamer help options')
     parser.add_option(
-        '-i', '--interactive',
+        b'-i', '--interactive',
         action='store_true', dest='interactive',
         help='ask interactively for required settings which are missing')
     parser.add_option(
-        '-q', '--quiet',
+        b'-q', '--quiet',
         action='store_const', const=0, dest='verbosity_level',
         help='less output (warning level)')
     parser.add_option(
-        '-v', '--verbose',
+        b'-v', '--verbose',
         action='count', default=1, dest='verbosity_level',
         help='more output (debug level)')
     parser.add_option(
-        '--save-debug-log',
+        b'--save-debug-log',
         action='store_true', dest='save_debug_log',
         help='save debug log to "./mopidy.log"')
     parser.add_option(
-        '--list-settings',
+        b'--list-settings',
         action='callback',
         callback=settings_utils.list_settings_optparse_callback,
         help='list current settings')
     parser.add_option(
-        '--list-deps',
+        b'--list-deps',
         action='callback', callback=deps.list_deps_optparse_callback,
         help='list dependencies and their versions')
     parser.add_option(
-        '--debug-thread',
+        b'--debug-thread',
         action='store_true', dest='debug_thread',
         help='run background thread that dumps tracebacks on SIGUSR1')
     return parser.parse_args(args=mopidy_args)[0]