Aaron, I'll have the backends converted this morning. Just FYI.
...Ken On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 4:31 PM Aaron <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I would really appreciate help with adorning strings (with u/b): > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/duplicity/+spec/adorn-string-literals > in support of our high-priority effort to make the code base python 2/3 > compatible: > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/duplicity/+spec/python3 > > I have described the process in quite some detail in the blueprint > above, have created a script to help locate what needs to change and > have created code tests to ensure any files that are fixed do not slip > backwards. Following the suggested process means that each file can be > merged back into trunk as soon as the strings in it are adorned and we > can break a big job into many tiny chunks. > > I have also started converting the strings in files one by one. It is > mostly very straightforward, but it is the big blocker to using largely > automated tools to help futurize our code and gain Python 3 support. > > Wherever possible, we want to end up with Unicode strings instead of > bytes, which may need a few slightly more substantive changes along the > way. Helper variables/functions have already been created in duplicity > to assist with this (see blueprints). > > (Yes, I know that adorned strings look ugly. We only plan to support > Python 2 and 3 in parallel for a single series, then switch to Python > 3-only, when we can automatically remove all the ' u" 's.) > > I am hoping that many hands will make light work. > > Many thanks, > > Aaron > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~duplicity-team > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~duplicity-team > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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