Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> writes: >>> This package is written by Urs Liska <u...@openlilylib.org>, who is >>> quite busy these days. In case you have experience with Python 2 >>> to 3 conversion, please help produce a new version! >> >> Should it still be backwards compatible with Python 2.7 if possible or >> is it ok to drop Python2 backwards compatibility completely? Option >> one is possible, option two gives cleaner code, and is easier to >> maintain in future. > > I favour option one. Inspite of the announced `death' of Python 2 I'm > quite sure that this version series will stay for many years.
With regard to GUB, 2.7 compatibility makes for a much nicer transition period. But GUB is not likely involved in uses of that package which seems to be mainly used in a TeXlive context. I haven't checked, but I think that TeXlive is pretty much prepared to use Python3. -- David Kastrup
