So this is actually a duplicate of Bug #262636 .
To properly support subversion 1.5, setuptools 0.6c11 is needed. That was never packaged for Lucid or unstable, because Debian switched to distribute, that had this fix earlier that setuptools. But I have this version packaged at https://edge.launchpad.net/~schooltool-owners/+archive/ppa/+packages?field.name_filter=setuptools
So this is actually a duplicate of Bug #262636 .
To properly support subversion 1.5, setuptools 0.6c11 is needed. That was never packaged for Lucid or unstable, because Debian switched to distribute, that had this fix earlier that setuptools. But I have this version packaged at https:/ /edge.launchpad .net/~schooltoo l-owners/ +archive/ ppa/+packages? field.name_ filter= setuptools