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On 13 Aug 2013 09:39, "Brett Cannon" <brett@python.org> wrote:
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\> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 6:34 AM, Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> wrote:
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\>> 12.08.13 22:22, Brett Cannon написав(ла):
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\>>> I have created http://bugs.python.org/issue18716 to deprecate the
\>>> formatter module for removal in Python 3.6 unless someone convinces me
\>>> otherwise that deprecation and removal is the wrong move.
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\>> The formatter module doesn't look such buggy as the audioop module. If the formatter module was not removed in Python 3.0 I don't see why it can't wait to 4.0.
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\> It doesn't help that at PyCon CA we couldn't find a single person who had heard of the module (which included people like Alex Gaynor and Larry Hastings).
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\> I'm definitely deprecating it, but we can discuss postponing deletion.

Unless something is a serious bug magnet or is causing us maintenance hassles, we shouldn't remove it. Neither applies here, so an indefinite PendingDeprecation makes the most sense to me.

Cheers,
Nick.

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