diff --git a/mc-default_setup.patch b/mc-default_setup.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2d34b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mc-default_setup.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- mc-4.8.23.orig/src/setup.c	2019-06-16 18:49:31.000000000 +0100
++++ mc-4.8.23/src/setup.c	2019-07-06 13:13:22.792243501 +0100
+@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@
+     .fast_reload_msg_shown = FALSE,
+     .mark_moves_down = TRUE,
+     .reverse_files_only = TRUE,
+-    .auto_save_setup = FALSE,
+-    .navigate_with_arrows = FALSE,
++    .auto_save_setup = TRUE,
++    .navigate_with_arrows = TRUE,
+     .scroll_pages = TRUE,
+     .scroll_center = FALSE,
+     .mouse_move_pages = TRUE,
diff --git a/mc-python3.patch b/mc-python3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccdf9a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mc-python3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+--- a/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/s3+.in	(original)
++++ b/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/s3+.in	(refactored)
+@@ -153,16 +153,16 @@
+ 	Propagates exception safely.
+ 	"""
+ 	from threading import Thread
+-	import Queue
++	import queue
+ 
+ 	items = list(iterable)
+ 	nitems = len(items)
+ 	if nitems < 2:
+-		return map(fun, items)
++		return list(map(fun, items))
+ 
+ 	# Create and fill input queue
+-	input = Queue.Queue()
+-	output = Queue.Queue()
++	input = queue.Queue()
++	output = queue.Queue()
+ 
+ 	for i,item in enumerate(items):
+ 		input.put( (i,item) )
+@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
+ 						output.put( (i,result) )
+ 					except:
+ 						output.put( (None,sys.exc_info()) )
+-				except Queue.Empty:
++				except queue.Empty:
+ 					return
+ 
+ 	# Start threads
+@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@
+ 		try:
+ 			i,res = output.get()
+ 			if i == None:
+-				raise res[0],res[1],res[2]
+-		except Queue.Empty:
++				raise res[0](res[1]).with_traceback(res[2])
++		except queue.Empty:
+ 			break
+ 		ret.append(res)
+ 
+@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
+ 		b = s3.get_bucket(name, validate=False)
+ 		b.get_location() # just to raise an exception on error
+ 		return b
+-	except boto.exception.S3ResponseError, e:
++	except boto.exception.S3ResponseError as e:
+ 		# Seems this is the only proper way to switch to the bucket's region.
+ 		# Requesting of the default region for "?location" does not work unfortunately.
+ 		m = re.search(r'<Region>(.*?)</Region>', e.body)
+@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
+ 	expr = re.compile(r'^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})\.\d{3}Z$')
+ 	def convDate(awsdatetime):
+ 		m = expr.match(awsdatetime)
+-		ye,mo,da,ho,mi,se = map(int,m.groups())
++		ye,mo,da,ho,mi,se = list(map(int,m.groups()))
+ 
+ 		dt = datetime.datetime(ye,mo,da,ho,mi,se, tzinfo=pytz.utc)
+ 		return dt.astimezone(tz).strftime('%m-%d-%Y %H:%M')
diff --git a/mc-rpm.patch b/mc-rpm.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eeb6b43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mc-rpm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff -purN a/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/rpm b/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/rpm
+--- a/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/rpm	2017-02-24 21:25:57.000000000 +0100
++++ b/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/rpm	2017-02-25 02:37:57.000000000 +0100
+@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ mcrpmfs_list_fastRPM ()
+     echo "$FILEPREF 0 $DATE INFO/REQUIRES"
+     echo "$FILEPREF 0 $DATE INFO/OBSOLETES"
+     echo "$FILEPREF 0 $DATE INFO/PROVIDES"
++    echo "$FILEPREF 0 $DATE INFO/ENHANCES"
++    echo "$FILEPREF 0 $DATE INFO/SUGGESTS"
++    echo "$FILEPREF 0 $DATE INFO/RECOMMENDS"
++    echo "$FILEPREF 0 $DATE INFO/SUPPLEMENTS"
+     echo "$FILEPREF 0 $DATE INFO/CONFLICTS"
+     echo "$FILEPREF 0 $DATE INFO/CHANGELOG"
+ }
+@@ -301,6 +305,10 @@ mcrpmfs_copyout ()
+ 	INFO/LICENSE)		mcrpmfs_getOneTag "LICENSE" >"$2"; exit 0;;
+ 	INFO/RPMVERSION)	mcrpmfs_getRawOneTag "%{RPMVERSION}\n" >"$2"; exit 0;;
+ 	INFO/REQUIRES)		mcrpmfs_getRawOneTag "[%{REQUIRENAME} %{REQUIREFLAGS:depflags} %{REQUIREVERSION}\n]" >"$2"; exit 0;;
++	INFO/ENHANCES)		mcrpmfs_getRawOneTag "[%|ENHANCESFLAGS:depflag_strong?{}:{%{ENHANCESNAME} %{ENHANCESFLAGS:depflags} %{ENHANCESVERSION}\n}|]" "$f" >"$3"; exit 0;;
++	INFO/SUGGESTS)		mcrpmfs_getRawOneTag "[%|SUGGESTSFLAGS:depflag_strong?{}:{%{SUGGESTSNAME} %{SUGGESTSFLAGS:depflags} %{SUGGESTSVERSION}\n}|]" "$f" >"$3"; exit 0;;
++	INFO/RECOMMENDS)	mcrpmfs_getRawOneTag "[%|SUGGESTSFLAGS:depflag_strong?{%{SUGGESTSNAME} %{SUGGESTSFLAGS:depflags} %{SUGGESTSVERSION}\n}|]" "$f" >"$3"; exit 0;;
++	INFO/SUPPLEMENTS)	mcrpmfs_getRawOneTag "[%|ENHANCESFLAGS:depflag_strong?{%{ENHANCESNAME} %{ENHANCESFLAGS:depflags} %{ENHANCESVERSION}\n}|]" "$f" >"$3"; exit 0;;
+ 	INFO/PROVIDES)		mcrpmfs_getRawOneTag "[%{PROVIDES} %{PROVIDEFLAGS:depflags} %{PROVIDEVERSION}\n]" >"$2"; exit 0;;
+ 	INFO/SCRIPTS/PRETRANS)	mcrpmfs_getRawOneTag "%{RPMTAG_PRETRANS}\n" >"$2"; exit 0;;
+ 	INFO/SCRIPTS/PRETRANSPROG)	mcrpmfs_getRawOneTag "%{RPMTAG_PRETRANSPROG}\n" >"$2"; exit 0;;
diff --git a/mc-spec.syntax.patch b/mc-spec.syntax.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2fefbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mc-spec.syntax.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+--- mc-4.8.23/misc/syntax/spec.syntax~	2019-06-16 18:49:31.000000000 +0100
++++ mc-4.8.23/misc/syntax/spec.syntax	2019-04-18 06:02:53.000000000 +0100
+@@ -5,25 +5,24 @@
+     keyword whole Build\{Aa\}rch: green
+     keyword whole Build\{Cc\}onflicts: green
+     keyword whole Build\{Pp\}re\{Rr\}eq: green
+-    keyword whole Build\{Rr\}oot: green
++    keyword whole Build\{Rr\}oot: blue
+     keyword whole Build\{Rr\}equires: green
+     keyword whole Conflicts: green
+-    keyword whole Copyright: white
++    keyword whole Copyright: blue
+     keyword whole Description: green
+-    keyword whole Distribution: green
+-    keyword whole Doc\{Dd\}ir: green
++    keyword whole Distribution: blue
++    keyword whole Doc\{Dd\}ir: blue
+     keyword whole Epoch: green
+-    keyword whole Enhances: green
+     keyword whole Exclude\{Aa\}rch: green
+     keyword whole Exclusive\{Aa\}rch: green
+     keyword whole Exclusive\{Oo\}\{Ss\}: green
+-    keyword whole Group: green
++    keyword whole Group: blue
+     keyword whole Icon: green
+     keyword whole License: green
+     keyword whole Name: green
+     keyword whole NoSource\[0123456789\]: green
+     keyword whole Obsoletes: green
+-    keyword whole Packager: green
++    keyword whole Packager: blue
+     keyword whole Patch\[0123456789\]: green
+     keyword whole Prefix: green
+     keyword whole Pre\{Rr\}eq: green
+@@ -37,8 +36,8 @@
+     keyword whole Source\[0123456789\]: green
+     keyword whole Suggests: green
+     keyword whole Summary: green
+-    keyword whole Supplements: green
+-    keyword whole Vendor: green
++    keyword whole VCS: green
++    keyword whole Vendor: blue
+     keyword whole Version: green
+     keyword whole U\{Rr\}\{Ll\}: green
+ 
+@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@
+     keyword whole PATCH\[0123456789\] cyan
+     keyword whole SOURCE\[0123456789\] cyan
+ 
+-context Group( ): green
++context Group( ): blue
+     keyword whole af yellow
+     keyword whole az yellow
+     keyword whole bg yellow
diff --git a/mc.spec b/mc.spec
index cbc3872..fbaa965 100644
--- a/mc.spec
+++ b/mc.spec
@@ -2,23 +2,28 @@
 
 Summary:	User-friendly text console file manager and visual shell
 Name:		mc
-Version:	4.8.23
-Release:	2%{?dist}
 Epoch:		1
+Version:	4.8.23
+Release:	3%{?dist}
 License:	GPLv3+
 URL:		http://www.midnight-commander.org/
 Source0:	http://www.midnight-commander.org/downloads/mc-%{version}.tar.xz
 Patch0:		%{name}-tmpdir.patch
+Patch0:		%{name}-spec.syntax.patch
+Patch1:		%{name}-rpm.patch
+Patch2:		%{name}-python3.patch
+Patch3:		%{name}-default_setup.patch
 BuildRequires:	aspell-devel
 BuildRequires:	e2fsprogs-devel
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:	glib2-devel
 BuildRequires:	gpm-devel
 BuildRequires:	groff-base
-BuildRequires:	libssh2-devel >= 1.2.5
+BuildRequires:	libssh2-devel	>= 1.2.5
 BuildRequires:	%{?with_slang:slang-devel}%{!?with_slang:ncurses-devel}
 BuildRequires:	perl-generators
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig
+Suggests:	mc-python
 
 %description
 Midnight Commander is a visual shell much like a file manager, only with
@@ -26,13 +31,21 @@ many more features. It is a text mode application, but it also includes
 mouse support. Midnight Commander's best features are its ability to FTP,
 view tar and zip files, and to poke into RPMs for specific files.
 
+%package python
+Summary:	Midnight Commander s3+ and UC1541 EXTFS backend scripts
+BuildArch:	noarch
+Requires:	%{name} = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
+Requires:	python3-boto
+
+%description python
+Midnight Commander s3+ and UC1541 EXTFS backend scripts.
+
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1
 
 %build
 %configure \
-	PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2 \
-	CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wno-strict-aliasing" \
+	PYTHON=%{__python3} \
 	--disable-rpath \
 	--enable-aspell \
 	--enable-charset \
@@ -52,11 +65,9 @@ view tar and zip files, and to poke into RPMs for specific files.
 %make_build
 
 %install
-install -d %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/profile.d
-
 %make_install
 
-install contrib/mc.{sh,csh} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/profile.d
+%__install contrib/mc.{sh,csh} -D %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/profile.d
 
 %find_lang %{name} --with-man
 
@@ -77,8 +88,22 @@ install contrib/mc.{sh,csh} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/profile.d
 %{_libexecdir}/mc/fish
 %{_datadir}/mc
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
+%exclude %{_libexecdir}/mc/extfs.d/{s3+,uc1541}
+
+%files python
+%{_libexecdir}/mc/extfs.d/{s3+,uc1541}
 
 %changelog
+* Sat 28 Sep 2019 Tomasz Kłoczko <kloczek@fedoraproject.org> - 1:4.8.23-3
+- add python3 patch: port to python3 (added python3 patch)
+- added python subpackage with s3+ and uc1541 extfs backend scrips to minimise
+  base package dependencies
+- added python3-boto to python subpackage dependencies
+- use -Wno-strict-aliasing in CFLAGS is no longer needed
+- added spec.syntax patch: improve rpm spec files syntax colouring
+- added default_setup patch: enable by default lynx navigate with arrows keys
+  and auto save setup
+
 * Tue Sep 24 2019 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 1:4.8.23-2
 - fix rpmlint warnings and simplify filelist