Don't decode unicode strings.
This does not work with python2.3 and is probably not useful anyway with 2.4.
adding a
adding b
copy .hg/patches to .hg/patches.1
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
M b
a
b
merging with queue at: .hg/patches.1
applying rm_a
Now at: rm_a
b
Patch queue now empty