python3 port + usability fixes

.editorconfig

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+# EditorConfig is awesome: https://EditorConfig.org
+
+# top-most EditorConfig file
+root = true
+
+# Unix-style newlines with a newline ending every file
+[*]
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+# Matches multiple files with brace expansion notation
+# Set default charset
+[*.{js,py}]
+charset = utf-8
+
+# 4 space indentation
+[*.py]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 4
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true

README.md

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 Hamster is time tracking for individuals. It helps you to keep track of how
 much time you have spent during the day on activities you choose to track.
 
+
+
+hamster-time-tracker v1.04 was not usable under openSUSE Leap-15,
+where python2-gconf is not available any longer.
+The [rewrite of hamster](https://github.com/projecthamster/hamster-gtk)
+is progressing well, but it is still listed as alpha.
+
+This repo is a fork from
+[hamster](https://github.com/projecthamster/hamster) project,
+that still used hamster.db, already migrated to Gtk3 and did not
+depend on python-gconf.
+
+Lots of the gui ease of use has been lost, especially for tags handling,
+start/restart of activities, and the stats display is minimal now.
+But at least backward compatibility seems good.
+Seems enough to wait for the rewrite.
+
+The fork base commit is [the latest one from master branch](https://github.com/projecthamster/hamster/commit/c3e5fb761c88fdecfd1566cac8b6836228a27cce).
+
+After a little tweaking, it works now,
+but has not been thouroughly tested.
+Backup `hamster.db` first,
+and keep track of activities on a text file too for some days !
+
+To use the development version:
+```
+pkill -f hamster-service
+pkill -f hamster-windows-service
+src/hamster-service &
+src/hamster-windows-service &
+src/hamster-cli
+```
+
+To install, python2 is still necessary (for waf).
+Adapt the paths below to your system,
+`sudo rm/mv` commands, beware !
+```
+./waf configure build --prefix=/usr && sudo ./waf install
+sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/hamster
+sudo mv /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/hamster /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/
+```
+
+
+*[README from the original repo below]*
+
 **IMPORTANT**
 Project Hamster is undergoing a period of major transition. Unless someone
 steps up to the task, this repository will remain unmaintained as the