SyntaxError on setup.py

Attempting to install whisper using Python 3.1 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:

https://gist.github.com/rickhull/96a21ca91cbac4a3cbf6

Note:
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running install_lib
copying build/lib.linux-i686-3.1/whisper.py -> /usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages
byte-compiling /usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/whisper.py to whisper.pyc
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/whisper.py", line 54
    except AttributeError, e:
                         ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

running install_scripts
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