-try:
- StringType = basestring
-except:
- StringType = str
+# our own simplistic replacement for six
+import sys
+PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
+
+StringType = str
+from io import StringIO
+
+import xmlrpc.client as xmlrpc_client
+import http.client as http_client
+import configparser as ConfigParser