Cleanup and Modernize webbrowser · Issue #102871 · python/cpython (original) (raw)
Feature or enhancement
Certain browsers supported by webbrowser are now completely obsolete (and in some cases, have been for over 20 years).
I suggest to remove support for historical browsers from webbrowser, as they aren't used today, and it leaves us with a simpler and more modern module.
Pitch
Propose to remove the following:
-Mosaic - Final release in 1997
-Grail - Final release in 1999
-Netscape - Final release in 2008
-Galeon - Final release in 2008
-SkipStone - Final release in 2012
-Iceape - Development ended 2013
-Old Firefox versions 35 and below (2014)
-related tests which do not work for modern Firefox
Other improvements:
Add "Chrome" to the PATH lookup performed on Windows when user hasn't set a default browser
Add commentary for the symbolic links checked on Linux.
Rename Galeon class to Epiphany.
Update dead links.
Previous discussion
Any feedback or suggestions welcome!