[Python-Dev] Removing stuff from 2.4 (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum gvanrossum at gmail.com
Mon Aug 30 21:57:37 CEST 2004

> * Remove TERMIOS, mpz, statcache, xreadlines, rotor. > (Unchanged from my earlier proposal.) > > These modules have raised DeprecationWarning for a while, but only > rotor is listed in PEP 4. I'll add them to the PEP in any event; > is not being listed sufficient grounds for delaying their removal to > 2.5? > > (I would say we don't need to wait until 2.5; they've been raising > DeprecationWarnings for a long time, so users should be well aware > the modules' days are numbered.) > > * Leave rfc822, mimetools alone; the stdlib will have to avoid their use > first, and I'm not going to do that right now. > > * Make mimify, MimeWriter raise DeprecationWarnings; nothing in the > stdlib uses them.

All +1 from me. (I still haven't started using the new email package, so I'm reluctant to see my beloved rfc822.py disappearing in the future; but I trust its fate is sealed, and I'm happy it gets an extension. :-)

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