Roger, Python development has moved from hg and out private server to git and GitHub.  Patches posted on the tracker must be converted to git pull requests (PRs) to be merged, and also for proper review and editing.  Unless you prefer to do it yourself, we will.  The only difference is the 'author' field of the PR.  Credit in the commit message and news entry remains as it was.

Louie, make a PR for this any time you want to.  I do not expect a quick response either way.  The original commit should be the patch as is other than necessary updates for 3.7, and identified as Roger's in the commit message.  Then make your changes in separate commits.