[mythtv-commits] Ticket #13562: Transition to python3 breaks MythArchive

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#13562: Transition to python3 breaks MythArchive
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     Reporter:  rcrdnalor             |      Owner:  (none)
         Type:  Bug Report - General  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  minor                 |  Milestone:  needs_triage
    Component:  MythTV - General      |    Version:  Unspecified
     Severity:  medium                |   Keywords:
Ticket locked:  0                     |
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 I missed the dependency from mytharchive to the MythTV's python package:

  - mytharchive calls on current master `mythburn.py` with hard-coded
 executable `python`,
    which is not available on a modern linux setup, because 'python' aka
 'python2' it is deprecated.

  - currently, the file `mythburn.py` is only capabable to work with
 python2,
    but needs the `MythTV` python package which may be installed only for
 python3.
    The solution is to make `mythburn.py` compatible to python3 as well and
    resolve the hard-coded call to `python` by the configured version of
 'python'.

  - Fortunately, the changes are quite simple, but can't be verified by me,
 soon.

 The enclosed patch uses the configured python version and updates
 `mythburn.py`
 to python2 and python3 as well.

 Please note: This patch is tested at compile time only, and 'python3' is
 shown now in the compiled mythburn.o

 I kindly ask the developer using a current setup with python3 only to test
 this patch.

 I really appreciate your help!

 I would need a week to setup an environment to test this and Ubuntu 20.04
 released with MythTV v31 is knocking on the door....

 Please help me on testing this patch.

 Enclosed a patch for compatibility to python3 and python2 of mytharchive,
 using the configured python version.

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Ticket URL: <https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/13562>
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