[python3] small changes porting

[pecalleja]

fix compatibility problems with python3 in small changes.

[markstos]

What's the status of getting the Python 3 port merged?

[markstos]

I noticed @pecalleja has a "python3" branch in his repo, but this pull request is against his "develop" branch:

https://github.com/pecalleja/transitfeed/compare/develop...pecalleja:python3

Does the develop branch have the most up-to-date that's proposed to be merged?

[pecalleja]

Hi @markstos, I've worked on two different approaches here... the first was the python3 branch in my forked repo https://github.com/pecalleja/transitfeed/tree/python3 . that PR was too big and was rejected https://github.com/google/transitfeed/pull/491 , so I started again from scratch the porting but with a new approach, avoiding auto-porting tools and making small changes in every commit fixing one tests at time. my branch develop is my current working one and it is some commits behind the master version of the upstream repo.

[markstos]

@pecalleja Thanks for your effort.

I see that your carefully crafted re-write of your pull request earned you a year of silence from the maintainers, as if continuing to support Python 2 code was a reasonable option.

[markstos]

Ah, it appears the whole project may be abandoned. The last release was two years ago and last commits were a year ago. Time for someone to fork-and-release if there's interest.

[carlfredl]

👋 Indeed I don't think the Python project here is still active. We're working on a new, Canonical GTFS Validator here https://github.com/MobilityData/gtfs-validator.

[markstos]

@carlfredl Thanks for the link!

[pecalleja]

I'm out