Make the script compatible with python3
Add configuration parsing without enforcing it for now
Revert "Add configuration parsing without enforcing it for now"

This reverts commit 3fd83580dbecc1217324ef7baf37e845b96f5088.
Revert "Make the script compatible with python3"

This reverts commit 5c6c4e17b50739317414b529d076e0dbca6902f3.
Add configuration parsing without enforcing it for now
Make the script compatible with python3