On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 04:29:44PM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote: > What is our Python 2 -> 3 migration strategy? > > Don't support Python 3 until a flag day, then flip and don't support > Python 2?
Add support for Python 3 so that both Python 2.6+ and Python 3 are supported. When Python 2 is EOL it will need to be dropped and the code becomes Python 3-only. > Keep the source in Python 2 and support 3 via conversion with 2to3? > > Port the source to Python 3 and support 2 via conversion with 3to2? > > Port to Python 3, but keep it working with Python 2 with help of the six > module? > > Support both with ad hoc hackery (like this patch does)? Yes, please see for details: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg01758.html Stefan
