On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 4:54 PM Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> wrote: > > Nathan Hartman wrote on Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 16:28:21 -0400: > > If we have to pull that item out (not saying we do yet, just IF), then that > > leaves us with no Python tasks. I'd like to have something Python-related > > on the list because there's a good chance that a 700+ member university > > hackathon will have some Python programmers. Any other suggested > > Python tasks we could add? > > Something in the test harness. For example, make it easier to run «make > check» > with client version ≠ server version, to actually test on-the-wire > compatibility. Or use trunk client and trunk server, but make them both > expose > fewer capabilities, to test that compatibility codepaths.
Has any work been done on making the test harness Py3 compatible? If not, then perhaps a Py2 -> Py3 port is something that should be on the list. Even if a 2 day hackathon is not enough time, even making a dent in that will be a helpful thing.
