From a361e769999172b0d7ef37f581c16884c6d7ee29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Garret Wassermann <gwasser@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 03:27:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update akismet code for python 3, to address #607

---
 helpdesk/akismet.py | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/helpdesk/akismet.py b/helpdesk/akismet.py
index 9a99c881..31564b92 100644
--- a/helpdesk/akismet.py
+++ b/helpdesk/akismet.py
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 # Released subject to the BSD License
 # See http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/license.shtml
 
+# Updated by django-helpdesk developers, 2018
+# to be compatible with python 3
+
 
 """
 A python interface to the `Akismet <http://akismet.com>`_ API.
@@ -56,7 +59,10 @@ Usage example::
 
 
 import os
-from urllib import urlencode
+try:
+    from urllib import urlencode  # python2
+except ImportError:
+    from urllib.parse import urlencode  # python3
 
 import socket
 if hasattr(socket, 'setdefaulttimeout'):