Inherit exceptions from Exception, not StandardError

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/boto/exception.py b/boto/exception.py
index d28dc950..0cdd8162 100644
--- a/boto/exception.py
+++ b/boto/exception.py
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ from boto import handler
 from boto.resultset import ResultSet
 
 
-class BotoClientError(StandardError):
+class BotoClientError(Exception):
     """
     General Boto Client error (error accessing AWS)
     """
 
     def __init__(self, reason, *args):
-        StandardError.__init__(self, reason, *args)
+        Exception.__init__(self, reason, *args)
         self.reason = reason
 
     def __repr__(self):
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class BotoClientError(StandardError):
     def __str__(self):
         return 'BotoClientError: %s' % self.reason
 
-class SDBPersistenceError(StandardError):
+class SDBPersistenceError(Exception):
 
     pass
 
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ class GSPermissionsError(StoragePermissionsError):
     """
     pass
 
-class BotoServerError(StandardError):
+class BotoServerError(Exception):
 
     def __init__(self, status, reason, body=None, *args):
-        StandardError.__init__(self, status, reason, body, *args)
+        Exception.__init__(self, status, reason, body, *args)
         self.status = status
         self.reason = reason
         self.body = body or ''