path to python3

Registered by Olivier Mattelaer

How to move to python3?
python2.7 ends of life is 2020 [python2.6 ends of life was 2014]
so we need to start the move...

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Olivier Mattelaer
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My proposal here is
- drop support for Python 2.6 in the next version and only keep support for python 2.7. This will help the transition to Python 3

Then we have to decide a strategy.
- only support for python3. This means releasing MG6aMC with the only difference between the two code is the version of python supported (we should target to only support from 3.5 or 3.6 actually) -> Not the way to go!
- or target a smooth transition with a support of both py2.7 and 3.x for a given period.
Here two package are adviced:
  - futurize:
  - modernize:
futurize seems to produce more python3 compatible code but it relies on some non default package. So we will use modernize for the moment.
https://python-modernize.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

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