Python2 deprecation - many scripts need care!!!

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Tue, 12 Nov 2019 10:16:14 +0900 schrieb Norbert Preining:

> Dear all,
> 
> With the end of 2019, Python2 will be deprecated and not receive any
> security updates. Most distributions will throw out Python2 completely.
> (Don't ask me about my opinion on the whole Py2/Py3 mess ...)
> 
> We have quite a lot of scripts in TeX Live that are Python2 only, and we
> should seriously do some work on getting that fixed, rather soon.
> 
> I have started a list of packages/scripts I found that require python,
> and tried to check which version they need, see below list.
> 
> If you are the maintainer of any of these packages, and still are using
> Python2, please try to update to Python3 as soon as possible.

> dviasm/dviasm.py
> 	py2

About dviasm:
https://github.com/khaledhosny/dviasm/issues/7

"I tried that a while ago, but ran into several problems (the code
is doing lots of fiddling with bytes, and the Python 3 distinctions
between bytes and strings requires changes everywhere)."

"Some one has to step forward and do the port, or we might just
retire this tool."

-- 
Ulrike Fischer 
https://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/