rawdog uses "as" as a variable name, even though it's a reserved word in recent Python versions. The fix for this is fairly trivial; renaming the variable in question solves it.
Created attachment 179862 [details, diff] Patch for Python 2.6 support
Created attachment 179863 [details, diff] Updated patch for python 2.6 support Whoops, that last patch was too hasty - rawdog also uses the (deprecated) sha module. The updated patch fixes both issues.
http://lists.us-lot.org/pipermail/rawdog-users/2009-February/000290.html
net-news/rawdog-2.12 is now in the tree.