The old AlfCrypto DLL, SO and DYLIB files are ancient,
I don't have the systems to recompile them all, they
cause issues on ARM Macs, and I doubt with all the Python
improvements over the last years that they have a significant
performance advantage. And even if that's the case, nobody is
importing hundreds of DRM books at the same time so it shouldn't
hurt if some decryptions might take a bit longer.
THIS IS ON THE MASTER BRANCH. The Master branch will be Python 3.0 from now on. While Python 2.7 support will not be deliberately broken, all efforts should now focus on Python 3.0 compatibility.
I can see a lot of work has been done. There's more to do. I've bumped the version number of everything I came across to the next major number for Python 3.0 compatibility indication.
Thanks everyone. I hope to update here at least once a week until we have a stable 7.0 release for calibre 5.0
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