Make aws-fpga repository Ubuntu and Python3 friendly?

Question

I ran into a couple of issues with the python script below in the aws-fpga repository on Ubuntu 16.04  
$./SDAccel/examples/xilinx_2018.3/utility/parsexpmf.py  
  
1. It uses #!/bin/env, which doesn't exist on Ubuntu by default.   
2. It uses Python2 print syntax  
        print vbnv(root)  
               ^  
        SyntaxError: invalid syntax  
  
Is there a plan to make it compatible with Ubuntu and Python3 friendly?  
  
Thanks,  
Jim

Answer

Hi Jim, for the parsexpmf.py header, it looks like the incorrect pathing was used for this file. In the other Python scripts, /usr/bin/env is used, which does exist in Ubuntu 16.04.  
  
For the Python 2.x syntax, currently there isn't any plan to update these files to be compatible with Python 3.x, however I have created a request with development to discuss potentially updating these scripts along with updating parsexpmf.py to use the correct location in the header.

Answer

Thanks @kmorris!

Make aws-fpga repository Ubuntu and Python3 friendly?

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