[Python-porting] Ubuntu 12.10's plans for Python 3

[Barry Warsaw]

Hello again Python porters!

I've now published my article on Ubuntu's Python plans for 12.10:

http://tinyurl.com/7su6ewh

with some healthy discussion already underway in the comments.

A more detailed specification of the work is available here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Python/FoundationsQPythonVersions

and probably most important, is a Google doc spreadsheet indicating our
priorities for porting to Python 3, both for libraries and applications.  The
wiki page above has a legend for the colors.

http://tinyurl.com/7dsyywo

With Allen Short's help, I've gained +op on #python3 on Freenode, so that's a
great place to come and discuss porting issues.

I've also started a quick reference guide here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Python/3

although it would be great to fold that into one of the existing guides,
either Lennart's or getpython3.com.  I admit to being deliberately more
opinionated on the "best" way to port.  I think it's more helpful to have a
very cookbook-style guide with strong opinions, and links to more detailed
discussions with alternatives for those who want to dive in deeper.

Anyway, I really hope you'll consider helping out with any of the packages
listed in the spreadsheet.  Certainly some are rather Ubuntu specific, but
more importantly, there are packages for which a port would help everyone.
I'm especially trying to round up folks to help with the Twisted packages, so
let me know if you're willing and able.

Now I'm going to go spam python-announce, python-list, and (yes) python-dev to
point people over here.

Cheers,
-Barry
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