Re: [PATCH] t/lib-cvs: cvsimport no longer works without Python >= 2.7

>>  Even if we were to rip out the fallback code that uses the 2.7-only
>>  subprocess.check_output() on "cvsps -V", the function is also used
>>  for doing the real work interacting with cvsps-3.x, so I think this
>>  patch will be necessary.  Unless new cvsimport is tweaked not to
>>  use the method, that is.
>> 
>>  A suggestion for a better alternative is of course very much
>>  appreciated.
> 
> If the only reason to require Python 2.7 is subprocess.check_output(),
> it would be easy to reimplement it (it is only 12 lines of
> straightforward code, plus a few lines to define the exception type
> CalledProcessError).  According to [1], the Python license is
> GPL-compatible; therefore these lines could even be copied into
> git-cvsimport.