On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 9:06 AM Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > Also, make note of the specific Python 2 version where your software > > works - the CPython API does change somewhat sometimes. > > > I still have python 2. The issue is that the programs need modules > which come from a PPA to support Python GTK, these conflict with > ongoing updates to Python. The PPA works OK in Ubuntu 20.04 but > prevents some updates in 20.10. I expect it will get worse as time > goes on. >
Try getting JUST the printer info in Python 2, and then outputting that to stdout in JSON format. Then your Python 3 script can run your Python 2 script, read what it sends on stdout, and do whatever it needs to. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
