[chirp_devel] Python 3 Status (Where to help)

[James Keener]

Understood.  I'll see what I can do.

Thank you for CHIRP. Please don't feel pressured by me (or anyone) to move
faster than you're able; you've given us a very valuable tool, for free
none-the-less, and don't owe any of us anything. CHIRP is such a versatile
and useful tool to the community, which is why I want to get it working in
py3: so that in 5 or 10 years people can still develop and use it without a
special setup. That said, if it takes a while, it takes a while. I'll keep
hacking on my copy in the meantime.

Thanks again,
Jim

On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 4:09 PM Dan Smith via chirp_devel <
chirp_devel at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

> > Let me start by saying I'm not trying to be antagonistic about this. I
> know the python 3 issue has come up a couple times in the past, and usually
> not in a good way.
> >
> > I've been running off the py3 branch locally with a UV-5R. For the most
> part it works. (I had an issue with it saving settings.) I see that there
> is a py3 version in the bugtracker (
> https://chirp.danplanet.com/versions/21) with some open tickets.
> >
> > Where would be the best place for me to focus on to get the py3 branch
> ready? Or should I just work at fixing anything as I find it and submit
> bugs and patches to the bugtracker?
>
> The UI needs more work to come up to parity with the main branch, and of
> course, the majority of the drivers still need to be converted (no, 2to3
> isn't enough) and tested for real. To be honest, with everything going on
> this year, I'm not super interested in spending a lot of time on it right
> now at the expense of everything else I've got going on. The flatpak build
> now means linux people can run it without needing distro support for py2 or
> going to great lengths. I expect Apple is going to screw us (further) here
> pretty soon, although I'm not sure even py4 can save us from that.
>
> You're welcome to send me patches against the py3 branch if you want
> (please make them obvious), but I have to prioritize fixes and stuff on the
> main branch just out of respect to the 99.9% of users that it impacts.
>
> --Dan
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