[PKG-Openstack-devel] Python 3 support for Pysaml2

[Thomas Goirand]

Hi,
https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2-3
I maintain all of OpenStack in Debian, and Pysaml2 is now the biggest 
blocker for adding Python 3 support. I have seen that there's a 
repository at https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2-3 but this repository 
hasn't received any commit for more than a year.

As we really need Python 3 support for this package, something must be 
done soon.

So I am wondering: is there still an ongoing effort to port Pysaml2 to 
Python3? Would you care for some help?

I already attempted to write patches, but the amount of work is huge. 
First, there's all these print statements, then the Except a, b instead 
of a as b, then when the new location of the standard cookie lib. Once 
all of this is done, then the serious action begins. Unfortunately, I 
don't think we can patch it all at once, and that it would be a lot 
easier to have patches accepted upstream gradually. If we write patches, 
and send some pull requests, will you accept them quickly?

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)