11 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/devscripts/bash-completion.py b/devscripts/bash-completion.py
index 70a3f552c..cd26cc089 100755
--- a/devscripts/bash-completion.py
+++ b/devscripts/bash-completion.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import os
 from os.path import dirname as dirn
 import sys
diff --git a/devscripts/check-porn.py b/devscripts/check-porn.py
index 86aa37b5f..216282712 100644
--- a/devscripts/check-porn.py
+++ b/devscripts/check-porn.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 """
 This script employs a VERY basic heuristic ('porn' in webpage.lower()) to check
diff --git a/devscripts/gh-pages/add-version.py b/devscripts/gh-pages/add-version.py
index 35865b2f3..867ea0048 100755
--- a/devscripts/gh-pages/add-version.py
+++ b/devscripts/gh-pages/add-version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import json
 import sys
diff --git a/devscripts/gh-pages/generate-download.py b/devscripts/gh-pages/generate-download.py
index e90c787fd..392e3ba21 100755
--- a/devscripts/gh-pages/generate-download.py
+++ b/devscripts/gh-pages/generate-download.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import hashlib
 import urllib.request
 import json
diff --git a/devscripts/gh-pages/sign-versions.py b/devscripts/gh-pages/sign-versions.py
index 953a5162e..fa389c358 100755
--- a/devscripts/gh-pages/sign-versions.py
+++ b/devscripts/gh-pages/sign-versions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+from __future__ import unicode_literals, with_statement
 
 import rsa
 import json
@@ -29,4 +30,5 @@ signature = hexlify(rsa.pkcs1.sign(json.dumps(versions_info, sort_keys=True).enc
 print('signature: ' + signature)
 
 versions_info['signature'] = signature
-json.dump(versions_info, open('update/versions.json', 'w'), indent=4, sort_keys=True)
+with open('update/versions.json', 'w') as versionsf:
+    json.dump(versions_info, versionsf, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
diff --git a/devscripts/gh-pages/update-copyright.py b/devscripts/gh-pages/update-copyright.py
index 5bc5c6514..3663c8afe 100755
--- a/devscripts/gh-pages/update-copyright.py
+++ b/devscripts/gh-pages/update-copyright.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # coding: utf-8
 
-from __future__ import with_statement
+from __future__ import with_statement, unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 import glob
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ year = str(datetime.datetime.now().year)
 for fn in glob.glob('*.html*'):
     with io.open(fn, encoding='utf-8') as f:
         content = f.read()
-    newc = re.sub(u'(?P<copyright>Copyright © 2006-)(?P<year>[0-9]{4})', u'Copyright © 2006-' + year, content)
+    newc = re.sub(r'(?P<copyright>Copyright © 2006-)(?P<year>[0-9]{4})', 'Copyright © 2006-' + year, content)
     if content != newc:
         tmpFn = fn + '.part'
         with io.open(tmpFn, 'wt', encoding='utf-8') as outf:
diff --git a/devscripts/gh-pages/update-feed.py b/devscripts/gh-pages/update-feed.py
index 46373a8db..e93eb60fb 100755
--- a/devscripts/gh-pages/update-feed.py
+++ b/devscripts/gh-pages/update-feed.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
 import io
diff --git a/devscripts/gh-pages/update-sites.py b/devscripts/gh-pages/update-sites.py
index 4a6bb5e35..f0f0481c7 100755
--- a/devscripts/gh-pages/update-sites.py
+++ b/devscripts/gh-pages/update-sites.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import sys
 import os
diff --git a/devscripts/make_readme.py b/devscripts/make_readme.py
index 70fa942dd..8fbce0796 100755
--- a/devscripts/make_readme.py
+++ b/devscripts/make_readme.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import io
 import sys
 import re
diff --git a/devscripts/prepare_manpage.py b/devscripts/prepare_manpage.py
index d9c857015..f66bebfea 100644
--- a/devscripts/prepare_manpage.py
+++ b/devscripts/prepare_manpage.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import io
 import os.path
diff --git a/devscripts/zsh-completion.py b/devscripts/zsh-completion.py
index e8d71928a..f200f2c80 100755
--- a/devscripts/zsh-completion.py
+++ b/devscripts/zsh-completion.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import os
 from os.path import dirname as dirn
 import sys