[QPID-8631] [python client] Add minimal python3 support (while keeping python2.7 primary) so that qpid-cpp build and tests work with python3

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: qpid-python-1.38.0
• Component/s: Python Client
• Assignee: Jiri Daněk
• Reporter: Jiri Daněk
• Created: 09/Apr/23 23:27
• Updated: 30/Sep/23 09:44

Description

The qpid-python project consists of an amqp client implementations for amqp0-8, amqp0-9, amqp0-10 protocol versions, and of tests for those clients, and also tests that use the clients to test qpid brokers.

I am interested in compiling qpid-cpp (especially the cpp client) on a recent Linux that has Python 3. Therefore, if I don't want to skip building tests, I need qpid-python to work with Python 3.

This is related to QPID-4982, QPID-8413, QPID-8516, QPID-8517 "modernization" issues.

Plan

Follow https://portingguide.readthedocs.io/en/latest.

Add things gradually, initially add changes that are py2 neutral, then in a next stage add thing that are py3 required (while keeping it py2 compatible).