[AVRO-2085] Cant Import avro.schema from pip install python 3.6

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Information Provided
• Affects Version/s: 1.8.2
• Component/s: python
• Tags: python, python3, pip
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/avro/pull/253
• External issue ID: https://github.com/apache/avro/pull/253
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jorge Perez
• Created: 01/Oct/17 03:16
• Updated: 03/Nov/19 02:36
• Resolved: 03/Nov/19 02:36

Description

I tried importing avro.schema, and I receive the error posted below but I made a pull request that solves that issue. https://github.com/apache/avro/pull/253

(gavro) [gavro] python                                                                                                    22:11:37 
Python 3.6.2 (default, Jul 20 2017, 03:52:27) 
[GCC 7.1.1 20170630] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import avro
>>> import avro.schema
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/archangel/VENV/gavro/lib/python3.6/site-packages/avro/schema.py", line 340
    except Exception, e:
                    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> 
(gavro) [gavro] pip freeze | ack avro                                                                                     22:12:01 
avro==1.8.2