QPID-8631: fill_in python 3 incompatibilities in qmf/console.py

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -31,13 +31,42 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Setup python
-        id: python
+      # Python 2.7 was removed from actions/setup-python https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/672
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        if: matrix.python-version != '2.7'
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        id: setup-python
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           architecture: x64
 
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        if: matrix.python-version == '2.7' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt install -y python2
+          curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py --output get-pip.py
+          sudo python2 get-pip.py
+        id: apt-install-python
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        if: matrix.python-version == '2.7' && matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+        run: |
+          choco install python2
+        id: choco-install-python
+        shell: pwsh
+
+      - name: Configure steps.python.outputs
+        run: |
+          if (Test-Path "${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-path }}") {
+            "python-path=${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-path }}" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT -Append
+          } elseif (Test-Path C:/Python27/python.exe) {
+            "python-path=C:/Python27/python.exe" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT -Append
+          } else {
+            "python-path=/usr/bin/python2.7" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT -Append
+          }
+        id: python
+        shell: pwsh
+
       # Cannot use https://github.com/ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd/blob/a742a854f54111d83b78e97091b5d85ccdaa3e89/index.js#L163
       #  as (unapproved) 3rd party GitHub Actions are forbidden on Apache org projects
 

management/python/lib/qmf/console.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 """ Console API for Qpid Management Framework """
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import os
@@ -38,9 +39,22 @@
 from qpid.util       import connect, ssl, URL
 from qpid.codec010   import StringCodec as Codec
 from threading       import Lock, Condition, Thread, Semaphore
-from Queue           import Queue, Empty
+try:
+    from Queue       import Queue, Empty
+except ImportError:
+    from queue       import Queue, Empty
 from time            import time, strftime, gmtime, sleep
-from cStringIO       import StringIO
+from io              import StringIO
+
+try:
+    long
+except NameError:
+    long = int
+
+try:
+  unicode
+except NameError:
+  unicode = str
 
 #import qpid.log
 #qpid.log.enable(name="qpid.io.cmd", level=qpid.log.DEBUG)