Python 3 and 1.0

Eric S. Raymond esr at thyrsus.com
Tue Sep 26 20:19:08 UTC 2017


Ian Bruene via devel <devel at ntpsec.org>:
> 
> The python 3 build appears to work. However it has a unicode bug in ntpq
> (but not ntpmon! Yay consistency!), and I can not say that I *trust* any of
> it.
> 
> This is partially my fault, as I failed to test the software in Py3 as much
> as I should have. As an excuse I will note that I fixed several py3 bugs in
> the last few weeks, and part of the reason for the lack of testing has been
> the higher friction in getting the p3 build to work.
> 
> Under these circumstances I strongly suggest that there be a note in the
> README to the effect that python 3 compatibility is not guaranteed.

Can you get enough verificaion in a week?  We may have to push back the release
for other reasons.
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