diff -r 60183975b5bc -r 5bfd01a3c2a9 mercurial/py3kcompat.py
--- a/mercurial/py3kcompat.py	Mon Dec 21 21:33:52 2015 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/py3kcompat.py	Mon Dec 21 21:31:57 2015 -0800
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
 # This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
 # GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
 
-import builtins
+from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-from numbers import Number
+import builtins
+import numbers
+
+Number = numbers.Number
 
 def bytesformatter(format, args):
     '''Custom implementation of a formatter for bytestrings.