[GHC] #9184: Allow the use of Python 3 when building GHC

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#9184: Allow the use of Python 3 when building GHC
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              Reporter:  aspidites   |            Owner:  monoidal
                  Type:  feature     |           Status:  patch
  request                            |        Milestone:
              Priority:  normal      |          Version:  7.8.2
             Component:  Build       |         Keywords:  python
  System                             |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
            Resolution:              |       Difficulty:  Easy (less than 1
      Operating System:              |  hour)
  Unknown/Multiple                   |       Blocked By:
       Type of failure:              |  Related Tickets:
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Differential Revisions:  Phab:D233   |
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Comment (by aspidites):

 Sorry about the delay. I replied inline while at work, but the email got
 kicked back because I wasn't signed in. I had this mostly done, but
 recently fried the motherboard on my home machine. I also was apparently
 foolish in that while I had changes committed locally, I didn't push them.
 Sorry about that.

 What I did find was that forsaking python 2.5 made the necessary changes
 rather trivial, but in my second stab at it, I was trying to preserve
 python 2.5 support. While the changes were trivial, there was a lot of
 mechanical changes that had me chasing my tail.

 In any case, I'm glad someone else picked up the ball on this, and
 apologize again for my lack of communication. I seem to be losing track of
 time in more than one place.

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