Python 3 compatibility

[jameshilliard]

This should get pynetsnmp running under python 3, this shouldn't have any python 2 regressions.

[jplouis]

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[lunkwill42]

There are now three forks dealing with the issue of Python 3 compatibility (and a few other things), one from @kalombos, this one, and my own - but no feedback from @zenoss .

There is clearly an interest in having pynetsnmp work on Python 3. What can be done to get these changes merged and accepted into upstream? Or do we need to fork the entire library properly?

[lunkwill42]

There are now three forks dealing with the issue of Python 3 compatibility (and a few other things), one from @kalombos, this one, and my own - but no feedback from @zenoss .

There is clearly an interest in having pynetsnmp work on Python 3. What can be done to get these changes merged and accepted into upstream? Or do we need to fork the entire library properly?

[jameshilliard]

Maybe it would be a good idea to try and upstream to the twisted project, although it would probably need to be re-licensed/dual licensed.

[jameshilliard]

Maybe it would be a good idea to try and upstream to the twisted project, although it would probably need to be re-licensed/dual licensed.

[lunkwill42]

Relicensing would still require some sort of feedback from @zenoss - which they haven't been very forthcoming with here on GitHub. I don't know anything about the inner workings of the ZenOSS project, my only interest is in the pynetsnmp library itself. Do you or @kalombos know anything about ZenOSS at all, or do we all just share an interest in pynetsnmp?

[lunkwill42]

Relicensing would still require some sort of feedback from @zenoss - which they haven't been very forthcoming with here on GitHub. I don't know anything about the inner workings of the ZenOSS project, my only interest is in the pynetsnmp library itself. Do you or @kalombos know anything about ZenOSS at all, or do we all just share an interest in pynetsnmp?

[kalombos]

I forked the library and upload it on pypi. Welcome to contribute.

[kalombos]

I forked the library and upload it on pypi. Welcome to contribute.

[lunkwill42]

I might just take you up on that offer, @kalombos. One fork is better than three. Your original PR #10 towards the @zenoss is still open, though, and keeps updating with every commit to your repo (I think that's why I keep getting notifications about your changes)

[lunkwill42]

I might just take you up on that offer, @kalombos. One fork is better than three. Your original PR #10 towards the @zenoss is still open, though, and keeps updating with every commit to your repo (I think that's why I keep getting notifications about your changes)