[Vobject] python-vobject: python3 branch

[chrysn]

hello vobject developers, users and packagers,

following my bug report on [1], i have ported vobject to python3, it now
passes all the unit tests (on which it was attempted to keep chanes
minimal).

the port does not try to be dual-version -- it works on python3 only,
based on an initial 2to3 run and fixing until the unit tests worked.
(most of the porting was deciding whether to use str or bytes in a
particular situation, following python3 renames like next/__next__ or
the quopri module, adapting to the way exceptions are printed and
sorting dictionaries where the unit tests relied on undetermined
behavior that happened to work consistently in python2).

i've stored my changes in a git repository that is based on debian's
history of importing upstream tarballs, as the upstream svn seems to
have gone away. as the patch history is basically linear, it should be
easy to rebase onto an existing better git rendition of the project's
history if there is one. it can be fetched with [2].

if there is anybody still maintaining this project, please consider
accepting my python3 branch. otherwise, this would be a good occasion
for the package users and downstreams to think of whether we want to
organize im some way to keep the project alive.

best regards
chrysn

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/747554
[2] git clone git://prometheus.amsuess.com/vobject -b python3

-- 
Most people would leave. Not us. We're Vikings. We have stubbornness
issues.
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