2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/UpdateManager/Common/__init__.py b/UpdateManager/Common/__init__.py
index 312e52dd..139597f9 100644
--- a/UpdateManager/Common/__init__.py
+++ b/UpdateManager/Common/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-from SimpleGladeApp import SimpleGladeApp
+
+
diff --git a/UpdateManager/Common/utils.py b/UpdateManager/Common/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..92fe16b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/UpdateManager/Common/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+def str_to_bool(str):
+  if str == "0" or str.upper() == "FALSE":
+    return False
+  return True
+
+def utf8(str):
+  return unicode(str, 'latin1').encode('utf-8')