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[Treeve Jelbert <treeve AT scarlet.be>]

supporting python3 will be a never ending process.

the python website lists 600+ packages which support python3, most of which 
we 
do not have as spells, although a few are new packages specificly intended 
for  
python3.

I have created a new section, py3, to which I have moved about 20 spells 
which 
I actually use, together with a few new ones which are python3 only versions 
of existing spells.

Where applicable, they build with either version of python and run on my 
notebook. Users of python2 should notice no difference.


Changes made were as follows;
        new py3/FUNCTIONS
        DEPENDS: depends PYTHON

Upstream support: automatic or via special build option(sqlalchemy).

Others: run 2to3 in pre_build. In a couple of cases also patch the sources.

I found a couple of cases where the upstream project appears to be 
dead(elixir, chardet), but which I use, so I made some patches.

The major omissions at the moment are bzr and mercurial, but the upstream 
projects have experimental python3 support, neither of which work for me.



I recommend that we merge these changes to master asap, to avoid ongoing 
confusion regarding future spell upgrades.

As other spells are upgraded, we can check for python3 support and move to 
the 
new py3 section if applicable.


I will write a separate mail regarding python use in non-python spells.


Regards, Treeve