Patch by Robert Scheck <robert@fedoraproject.org> which makes boto >= 1.2a working by
using the older Python 2.3, that doesn't support the non-decorator syntax, which is used
at @staticmethod, @classmethod and @assert_case_insensitive.

--- boto-1.2a/boto/s3/connection.py			2008-04-15 02:24:29.000000000 +0200
+++ boto-1.2a/boto/s3/connection.py.python23		2008-05-07 23:22:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@
         return '/%s' % urllib.quote_plus(key)
 
 class SubdomainCallingFormat(_CallingFormat):
-    @assert_case_insensitive
     def get_bucket_server(self, server, bucket):
         return '%s.%s' % (bucket, server)
+    get_bucket_server = assert_case_insensitive(get_bucket_server)
 
 class VHostCallingFormat(_CallingFormat):
-    @assert_case_insensitive
     def get_bucket_server(self, server, bucket):
         return bucket
+    get_bucket_server = assert_case_insensitive(get_bucket_server)
 
 class OrdinaryCallingFormat(_CallingFormat):
     def get_bucket_server(self, server, bucket):
--- boto-1.2a/boto/mashups/server.py			2008-04-10 18:35:30.000000000 +0200
+++ boto-1.2a/boto/mashups/server.py.python23		2008-05-07 23:12:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 
     ec2 = boto.connect_ec2()
 
-    @classmethod
     def Inventory(cls):
         """
         Returns a list of Server instances, one for each Server object
@@ -69,8 +68,8 @@
         for server in rs:
             l.append(server)
         return l
+    Inventory = classmethod(Inventory)
 
-    @classmethod
     def Register(cls, name, instance_id, description=''):
         s = cls()
         s.name = name
@@ -78,6 +77,7 @@
         s.description = description
         s.save()
         return s
+    Register = classmethod(Register)
 
     def __init__(self, id=None):
         SDBObject.__init__(self, id)
--- boto-1.2a/boto/sdb/persist/object.py		2008-03-22 16:54:36.000000000 +0100
+++ boto-1.2a/boto/sdb/persist/object.py.python23	2008-05-07 23:14:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -44,13 +44,12 @@
 class SDBObject(object):
     __metaclass__ = SDBBase
 
-    @classmethod
     def get_lineage(cls):
         l = [c.__name__ for c in cls.mro()]
         l.reverse()
         return '.'.join(l)
+    get_lineage = classmethod(get_lineage)
     
-    @classmethod
     def get(cls, id=None, **params):
         domain = get_domain()
         if domain and id:
@@ -70,8 +69,8 @@
             except StopIteration:
                 return obj
             raise SDBPersistanceError('Query matched more than 1 item')
+    get = classmethod(get)
 
-    @classmethod
     def find(cls, **params):
         keys = params.keys()
         if len(keys) > 4:
@@ -97,8 +96,8 @@
         else:
             rs = []
         return object_lister(None, rs)
+    find = classmethod(find)
 
-    @classmethod
     def list(cls, max_items=None):
         domain = get_domain()
         if domain:
@@ -106,8 +105,8 @@
         else:
             rs = []
         return object_lister(cls, rs)
+    list = classmethod(list)
 
-    @classmethod
     def find_properties(cls):
         properties = []
         while cls:
@@ -119,6 +118,7 @@
             else:
                 cls = None
         return properties
+    find_properties = classmethod(find_properties)
 
     def __init__(self, id=None):
         self.id = id
--- boto-1.2a/boto/mturk/connection.py			2008-04-10 18:35:32.000000000 +0200
+++ boto-1.2a/boto/mturk/connection.py.python23		2008-05-07 23:06:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@
         else:
             raise EC2ResponseError(response.status, response.reason, body)
     
-    @staticmethod
     def get_keywords_as_string(keywords):
         """
         Returns a comma+space-separated string of keywords from either a list or a string
@@ -184,8 +183,8 @@
         else:
             raise TypeError("keywords argument must be a string or a list of strings; got a %s" % type(keywords))
         return final_keywords
+    get_keywords_as_string = staticmethod(get_keywords_as_string)
     
-    @staticmethod
     def get_price_as_price(reward):
         """
         Returns a Price data structure from either a float or a Price
@@ -195,3 +194,4 @@
         else:
             final_price = Price(reward)
         return final_price
+    get_price_as_price = staticmethod(get_price_as_price)