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Re: 2to3 adds '.' in front dir of "from dir import ..." statements (Was: [MoM] lefse migration to python 3])

From Michael Kesper <mkesper@schokokeks.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.maint.python
Subject Re: 2to3 adds '.' in front dir of "from dir import ..." statements (Was: [MoM] lefse migration to python 3])
Date 2019-09-12 09:30 +0200
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Hi all,

On 12.09.19 08:30, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> I wont comment on the relative import ambiguity problem, as Ghislain
> replied correctly. However, I do want to comment on 2to3.
> 
> I generally recommend against using it, in the favor of other tools. 
...
> 
> The advantage is that you'll get a source code that will work on both
> Python 2 and 3. It's generally a way more easy to submit upstream, which
> may not want to loose Python 2 compatibility.

We should stop caring about that.
Python2 will be EOL'ed at January 1, 2020 [0].
Python2 will vanish from next Debian release.
Please convert into idiomatic Python3 code, that's the sane way going forward.

Best regards
Michael

[0] https://github.com/python/devguide/pull/344
    https://pythonclock.org/

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2to3 adds '.' in front dir of "from dir import ..." statements (Was:  [MoM] lefse migration to python 3]) Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2019-09-10 08:00 +0200
  Re: 2to3 adds '.' in front dir of "from dir import ..." statements  (Was: [MoM] lefse migration to python 3]) Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com> - 2019-09-10 08:30 +0200
  Re: 2to3 adds '.' in front dir of "from dir import ..." statements  (Was: [MoM] lefse migration to python 3]) Michael Kesper <mkesper@schokokeks.org> - 2019-09-12 09:30 +0200
    Re: 2to3 adds '.' in front dir of "from dir import ..." statements  (Was: [MoM] lefse migration to python 3]) Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2019-09-12 09:50 +0200
  Re: 2to3 adds '.' in front dir of "from dir import ..." statements  (Was: [MoM] lefse migration to python 3]) Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2019-09-12 11:10 +0200

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