text_combined: guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg sun mar 16 2008 422 pm martin v löwis wrote wrt invoking distutils far perfect id expect success rate running 2to3 2x package close zero think one case better let developer run 2to3 tweak app actually works ah still dream people able use single source 2x 3x would maintain source 2x convert 30 deployment time course change source make actual work distutils projects probably wont work run 2to3 however project prepared source proper way definition proper possible remaining changes done 2to3 people would try process development machines change code actually runs versions ill using sprinting time find whether approach actually work would good agree ideal process doubt realistically work exactly like expect calling 2to3 upon install going cost lot cpu time produce nonworking install wrt covering uses surely ones people would use library understand people requested 2to3 library think exactly use case mind programmatically convert source code base deploymentbuild time cases achieve thing command line tool dont recall person asked keynote mind sounds like converting code install time minority use case especially 2to3 slow course windows probably still better use library since python find library may find command line tool good point guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 061616 0500 python3000 making 2to3 installable