[chirp_devel] [py3] some fixes to get chirpw running with python3, Fixes #7431

[Christoph Berg]

Re: Arturo Borrero Gonzalez
> I tested chirp from the upstream mercurial repository (py3 branch) today in
> Debian testing bullseye, and I got it working with python3 with the attached patch.

Hi Arturo and chirp-developers,

thanks for picking this up. I had done some python3 hacking on chirp
earlier this year, but apparently never pushed the changes anywhere
since they weren't working.

> I was able to download the image from a baofeng UV-5RA, modify it and the upload
> it again.

I confirm that my UV-5R works now as well. Cool.

The python3 patches for the Debian package are there:

https://salsa.debian.org/debian-hamradio-team/chirp/-/tree/master/debian/patches

py3-print: print foo => print(foo) changes
py3-except: except Exception, e => except Exception as e changes
py3-fixes: the (small) rest

Only the UV-5R module is tested, there are many other issues remaining
in the other modules, but this is a start.

It would be nice if these made into the hg branch.

Thanks,
Christoph