Message3764

Importing random fails with the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File 
"/Users/marc/fieldwork/field/distribution/application/field.app/Contents
/Resources/Java/../../../../../../development/depends/jython2.5b0/Lib/ra
ndom.py", line 838, in <module>
    _inst = Random()
  File 
"/Users/marc/fieldwork/field/distribution/application/field.app/Contents
/Resources/Java/../../../../../../development/depends/jython2.5b0/Lib/ra
ndom.py", line 94, in __init__
    self.seed(x)
  File 
"/Users/marc/fieldwork/field/distribution/application/field.app/Contents
/Resources/Java/../../../../../../development/depends/jython2.5b0/Lib/ra
ndom.py", line 113, in seed
    super(Random, self).seed(a)
OverflowError: long too big to convert

"Fixing" the line:

super(Random, self).seed(a)

to be:

super(Random, self).seed(1)

gets a new error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File 
"/Users/marc/fieldwork/field/distribution/application/field.app/Contents
/Resources/Java/../../../../../../development/depends/jython2.5b0/Lib/ra
ndom.py", line 861, in <module>
    getrandbits = _inst.getrandbits
AttributeError: 'Random' object has no attribute 'getrandbits'

commenting out the offending assignment gets you an importing random 
package.

Perhaps the symptom of a core bug rather than a library one? I also 
recall using random in 2.5alpha3.