change the

open(input_file, 'rb')

to

open(input_file, 'rU')

to solve the

"_csv.Error: new-line character seen in unquoted field - do you need to open the file in universal-newline mode?"

Author: chinyeungli

genabout.py

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def __init__(self):
 
     def read_input(self, input_file, mapping):
         about_resource, about_file, name, version = self.config_mapping(mapping)
-        csvfile = csv.DictReader(open(input_file, 'rb'))
+        csvfile = csv.DictReader(open(input_file, 'rU'))
         components_list = []
         for line in csvfile:
             file_list = []