[Python-Dev] The Breaking of distutils and PyPI for Python 3000?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> | try:
> |    bytes
> | except NameError:
> |    bytes = str
> |
> | somewhere, then write the code as I proposed above.
> 
> This is exactly the sort of thing that should be and I expect will be in 
> the conversion docs. 

That expectation might be unfounded (in the sense that it might not be
written at all). I only happened to learn about that approach as I
was converting Django to 3k.

I'll happily put my experience in doing so into an email message,
but I won't sit down and write a text document.

Regards,
Martin