Re: ubxtool and python 3

[Greg Troxel]

"Gary E. Miller" <address@hidden> writes:

> Yo Greg!
>
> On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 10:19:09 -0500
> Greg Troxel <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> >>     File "/usr/pkg/bin/ubxtool", line 6811, in write_gpsd
>> >>       data_out = b'?DEVICE={"path":"' + opts['target']['device'] +
>> >> b'",' TypeError: can't concat str to bytes  
>> >
>> > Ouch.  I admit to still mostly using python2.  I'll fix that.
>
> I just pushed the fix to git head.
>
> I wonder how many more char/byte issues are hiding...

Great, thanks.

> There are good reasons to cling to Python 2.  The Python 2 EOL has
> been pushed back, again, to April 2020.

I wonder when it will finally happen.

But, we are already at the point where most things are 3, and where it's
broken if things don't work with 3, and it's good to be ready.

My impression is that at least Debian has started saber rattling
removing python 2.7.