dh_python doesn't work for Python 2.6

When running the command pythonpackage trosnoth, I get the following results as part of the output.

dh_python -V 2.6 -p python2.6-trosnoth
dh_python: This program is deprecated, you should use dh_pysupport or dh_pycentral instead.
dh_python: Unknown python version 2.6
make: *** [real-packages] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2
debuild: fatal error at line 1334:
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -D -us -uc -i(?:^|/)\.#|~$|\.py[co]$ -b failed
error: command 'debuild' failed with exit status 29
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/pythonpackage", line 6, in <module>
    core.main()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packaging/core.py", line 164, in main
    run_setup_py(package, tempdir, 'bdist_deb')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packaging/core.py", line 110, in run_setup_py
    raise RuntimeError, "Error running setup.py %s" % directive
RuntimeError: Error running setup.py bdist_deb