As of bug 1473498 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1473498>, running `./mach help` and `./mach google` (as well as search, searchfox, dxr and mdn) will run with Python 3. While this is a seemingly small accomplishment, it is actually a huge milestone in the Python 3 migration effort. It means we now have the ability to convert commands one at a time, opening the door to parallelize our efforts. Even better, all new mach commands will run with Python 3 by default! I'd like to thank :glandium, :callek and :mars for their huge help getting this bug landed.
This was accomplished by storing a Python 2 whitelist directly in the mach driver: https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/tip/mach#l13 So if you want to try and convert a command, simply remove it from that list and run the command to see what breaks. Fix it and repeat. Please try to avoid adding new commands to the whitelist! There are some exceptions to this rule: 1. Your command depends on other Python 2-only libraries (in which case, please file a bug for them if there isn't one already). 2. Your command is already implemented locally (you just haven't landed it yet) and converting would be too burdensome. When writing new commands, you should target Python 3.6. Again there are some exceptions: 1. If you are writing a library used by multiple things, you'll likely also want to support Python 2 at the same time. 2. If you are writing code that the build system depends on, you'll need to target Python 3.5 instead of 3.6 (of course in addition to Python 2). If you have any questions feel free to message me, or reach out to #python on irc.mozilla.org, or #py3 in Slack. Also be sure to check out our migration wiki <https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Python_3_Migration> if you'd like to get involved! Cheers, Andrew
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