[Scons-dev] scons running on py2.7 and py3.3

[Neal Becker]

Russel Winder wrote:


> On Thu, 2013-09-12 at 22:48 +0200, Dirk Bächle wrote:

>> Hi Neal,

>> 

>> thanks for all your efforts, trying to get SCons running with Python3. I

>> created a diff of the (current trunk + 2to3) against your repo, please

>> find the patch file attached.

> 

> Indeed, definite thanks to Neal for getting things moving.

> 

>> Looking at the changes, I think it might be worth a try, and compile the

>> patch into a little fixer script of its own. Then we could continue with

>> our basic development on Python v2.6 or v2.7, but easily create a

>> Python3 version by applying our personal "fixer" and 2to3 on top of it.

>> 

>> Just as an idea...

> 

> Everyone I know who has gone with the policy of 2.6/2.7 codebase with a

> script to use 2to3 to create a Python 3 version has said "forget it it

> doesn't work". Yes use 2to3 to get a comparator version, but always go

> with a single codebase that works with 2.6, 2.7 and 3.3, i.e. use the

> result of 2to3 to guide editing the codebase that still works under 2.6

> and 2.7 as well as 3.3.

> 

> I am assuming we will put:

> 

>         from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function,

>         unicode_literals, division

> 

> as the first line in every file so that we write Python 3.3 that runs

> under 2.6 and 2.7?

> 


At this point, scons does what I need it to do.  What needs to be done includes:
* fix test suite
* support for 2.6?

I'm afraid I have no motivation to take on either of these tasks.  Hopefully 
some others would like to continue the effort?