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On 05/01/2012 06:37, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 1/4/2012 3:42 PM, Lucas Vickers wrote:
>>  At the moment python3 isn't an option.  There's a variety of
>>  dependencies I'm working around.
>
> Please consider telling the authors of libraries you need that you would
> like a Python 3 version and say why. One reason given for not upgrading
> packages is 'lack of demand'.
>
I could also add that if you find a bug in a library, report it.

As an example, some months ago I read on StackOverflow an old answer
where someone mentioned trying the "regex" module but had found that
some Unicode properties were unreliable. That came as a surprise to me
because no-one had reported such a problem (and I still don't know what
that problem was).

Compare that with a recent bug report that it didn't work correctly on
Mac OS X. The reporter was very helpful and that bug is now fixed.