On 29 February 2012 17:32, Dr. Trigon <dr.trigon@surfeu.ch> wrote:

Why "is trunk not likely to survive this"? I have to admitt (because
lack of time and need of the new features) I did not really look into
py3 at all until now. But as far as I know a conversion should not be
that hard at all... It can be done step by step, first making the code
run at least and then polish it up... Is there something I am not aware
of?

There are no tests.

As such, there is no way to check if your conversion is actually correct.

As such, it makes much more sense to start with a version of the library that has automatic tests (hint: rewrite), so that you can change syntax without the fear of breaking everything.

Last I heard was there are feature in trunk that will never ever make it

into rewrite - so I will never ever have to chance to switch... (which
is a pitty)

Such as?

Why would there be 'features in trunk that never ever make it into rewrite'? The entire point of the rewrite was to be able to have features implemented cleanly, where every feature in trunk is currently a hack.

Best,

Merlijn