diff -up pykde4-4.11.2/CMakeLists.txt.207 pykde4-4.11.2/CMakeLists.txt

--- pykde4-4.11.2/CMakeLists.txt.207	2013-10-16 14:59:36.027327310 -0500

+++ pykde4-4.11.2/CMakeLists.txt	2013-10-16 15:00:13.068628265 -0500

@@ -283,7 +283,9 @@ install(DIRECTORY sip/ DESTINATION ${SIP

 add_subdirectory(tools)

 #add_subdirectory(docs)

 add_subdirectory(examples)

-if (PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR LESS 3)

+# Due to version specific ABI tagging in Python 3 so files, we can build for

+# all Python 3 versions without a problem.

+if ((PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR LESS 3 AND DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION) OR PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR GREATER 2)

     add_subdirectory(kpythonpluginfactory)

 endif ()

diff -up pykde4-4.11.2/kpythonpluginfactory/kpythonpluginfactory.cpp.207 pykde4-4.11.2/kpythonpluginfactory/kpythonpluginfactory.cpp

--- pykde4-4.11.2/kpythonpluginfactory/kpythonpluginfactory.cpp.207	2013-10-16 14:59:36.023327383 -0500

+++ pykde4-4.11.2/kpythonpluginfactory/kpythonpluginfactory.cpp	2013-10-16 14:59:36.026327328 -0500

@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@

 #include <kcomponentdata.h>

 #include <kdebug.h>

+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3

+#define PY3

+#endif

+

 /*

 This implements a plugin factory for running Python plugins. It also

 supports io-slaves with a kdemain() entry point.

@@ -347,17 +351,48 @@ int kdemain( int argc, char **argv )

     PyObject *pModule;

     char *protocol = argv[1];

+#ifdef PY3

+    /* Python 3 requires wchar_t*s for its Py_SetProgramName() and

+       PySys_SetArgv() calls.  Python 2 uses the typical char*s.  This is

+       probably not the best way to do it, but the algorithm is based on

+       Python 3's main().

+    */

+    wchar_t **program_args = (wchar_t **)PyMem_Malloc(

+        sizeof(wchar_t *) * (argc + 1));

+    char *old_locale;

+    const char *argv_i;

+

+    if (!program_args) {

+        /* out of memory */

+        Py_FatalError("out of memory");

+    }

+    for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {

+        program_args[i] = (wchar_t *)PyMem_Malloc(

+            sizeof(wchar_t) * (strlen(argv[i]) + 1));

+        if (!program_args[i]) {

+            Py_FatalError("out of memory");

+        }

+        argv_i = argv[i];

+        if (mbsrtowcs(program_args[i], &argv_i, strlen(argv[i]), NULL) < 0) {

+            /* The conversion failed. */

+            Py_FatalError("conversion to wchar_t* failed");

+        }

+    }

+#else

+    char **program_args = argv;

+#endif  // PY3

+

     kDebug() << "Python kioslave starting";

     KComponentData slave(protocol);

     kDebug() << "Created KComponentData for protocol " << protocol;

     QLibrary *pyLib = LoadPythonLibrary();

-    Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]);

+    Py_SetProgramName(program_args[0]);

     Py_Initialize();

     //PyEval_InitThreads();

-    PySys_SetArgv(1, argv);

+    PySys_SetArgv(1, program_args);

     QString completePath = KStandardDirs::locate("data", QString("kio_python/%1/%2.py").arg(protocol).arg(protocol));

     kDebug() << "Path to Python kioslace is " << completePath;

@@ -388,8 +423,8 @@ int kdemain( int argc, char **argv )

     }

     PyObject *pClass, *pArgs, *pArg1, *pArg2;

     pArgs = PyTuple_New(2);

-    pArg1 = PyString_FromString(argv[2]);

-    pArg2 = PyString_FromString(argv[3]);

+    pArg1 = PyBytes_FromString(argv[2]);

+    pArg2 = PyBytes_FromString(argv[3]);

     PyTuple_SetItem(pArgs, 0, pArg1);

     PyTuple_SetItem(pArgs, 1, pArg2);

     RunFunction(factoryFunction, pArgs);