From 9ddeb56b840ea144239c1b6c81b82559ca9fe09e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "James E. Blair" <james.blair@rackspace.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 10:45:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Handle blueprints with empty whiteboards.

Fix bug 868377

Change-Id: I2e87e2ff380c2309b25321d22356a5b91ffd3de6
---
 gerrit/update_blueprint.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gerrit/update_blueprint.py b/gerrit/update_blueprint.py
index 59b7a144..0049a83a 100755
--- a/gerrit/update_blueprint.py
+++ b/gerrit/update_blueprint.py
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ def update_spec(launchpad, project, name, subject, link, topic=None):
     spec = launchpad.projects[project].getSpecification(name=name)
     if not spec: return
 
-    wb = spec.whiteboard.strip()
+    if spec.whiteboard:
+        wb = spec.whiteboard.strip()
+    else:
+        wb = ''
     changed = False
     if topic:
         topiclink = '%s/#q,topic:%s,n,z' % (link[:link.find('/',8)],