At least some Tools utilities are still Python 2

[holdenweb]

BPO	9083
Nosy	@gvanrossum, @giampaolo, @merwok
Superseder	bpo-7962: Demo and Tools need to be tested and pruned

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2010-07-04.16:58:40.497>
created_at = <Date 2010-06-25.22:38:42.488>
labels = ['type-bug', 'expert-2to3']
title = 'At least some Tools utilities are still Python 2'
updated_at = <Date 2010-07-04.16:58:40.494>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/holdenweb'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2010-07-04.16:58:40.494>
actor = 'eric.araujo'
assignee = 'holdenweb'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2010-07-04.16:58:40.497>
closer = 'eric.araujo'
components = ['Demos and Tools', '2to3 (2.x to 3.x conversion tool)']
creation = <Date 2010-06-25.22:38:42.488>
creator = 'holdenweb'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 9083
keywords = []
message_count = 3.0
messages = ['108641', '108651', '109238']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['gvanrossum', 'holdenweb', 'giampaolo.rodola', 'gpolo', 'eric.araujo']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'high'
resolution = 'duplicate'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = '7962'
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue9083'
versions = ['Python 3.2']

[holdenweb]

C:\Users\sholden>\python31\python \python31\Tools\webchecker\wcgui.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "\python31\Tools\webchecker\wcgui.py", line 63, in <module>
    from Tkinter import *
ImportError: No module named Tkinter

This makes is seem pretty clear that not even minimal effort has been expended to ensure that this Tools is functional. It's not a priority, so that's understandable. Maybe I am the only person who ever tried to use this under Python 3.

Perhaps we need a test that will fail if these things don't at least run to completion (and no, I don't know how I would test wcgui, but I'd be interested in discussing test strategies)?

[gvanrossum]

Webchecker is so old, it should be deleted.

[merwok]

I opened a bug about testing demos and tools: bpo-9153.

There was already a bug about cleaning up demos, bpo-7962, so I’ve made it into a meta-bug for demos and tools, superseding this one. Steve, I’m adding you to the nosy there, but I don’t feel confident enough to raise the severity or add other people to nosy.