Backticks removed in Python 3

[frabcus]

I get this error running OfflineIMAP in Python 3.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/offlineimap", line 20, in <module>
    from offlineimap import OfflineImap
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/offline-imap/6.5.6/libexec/offlineimap/__init__.py", line 19, in <module>
    from offlineimap.init import OfflineImap
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/offline-imap/6.5.6/libexec/offlineimap/init.py", line 21, in <module>
    import offlineimap.imaplib2 as imaplib
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/offline-imap/6.5.6/libexec/offlineimap/imaplib2.py", line 380
    raise self.error('unrecognised server welcome message: %s' % `self.welcome`)

[konvpalto]

Please, try patch from http://codelabs.ru/patches/offlineimap/2014-Imaplib2-trade-backticks-to-repr.diff

[konvpalto]

Though I am sure that there are more occurrences of Python3 incompatibility and if you're running OfflineIMAP 6.5.6, there is a piece of code that warns that current version isn't Python3-compatible. Though patches and bugreports about this are still welcome.

[frabcus]

I now think this should be solved by using an imaplib2 from upstream.

I've filed this bug about that: #122

OOI, why does offlineimap include imaplib2 in its repository, rather than via PyPi?

I'm going to close this bug in favour of fixing upstream.