--- versionedFile/versionedFile.py	2005/11/28 12:31:28	1.54
+++ versionedFile/versionedFile.py	2005/12/08 17:12:21	1.55
@@ -633,7 +633,10 @@ class versionedFileObject(File):
     def lastEditor(self):
         """last Editor"""
         if hasattr(self,'author'):
-            ret=self.author.replace("-","\n")
+            try:
+                ret=self.author.replace("-","\n")
+            except:#old version of versionded file sometimes stored the user object and not only the name the following corrects this
+                ret=str(self.author).replace("-","\n")
             ret=ret.replace("\r","\n")
             return ret