https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191583
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=990794
--- bindings/python/gpod.i.in.orig	2013-07-09 10:34:38.000000000 -0500
+++ bindings/python/gpod.i.in	2015-02-17 01:42:46.000000000 -0600
@@ -298,9 +298,11 @@
 %include "gpod_doc.i"
 %include "@top_builddir@/config.h"
 
+/*
 # be nicer to decode these utf8 strings into Unicode objects in the C
 # layer. Here we are leaving it to the Python side, and just giving
 # them utf8 encoded Strings.
+*/ 
 typedef char gchar;
 
 %typemap(in) time_t {