bpo-36210: correct logic in setup.py for optional extensions with regard to AIX by aixtools · Pull Request #12202 · python/cpython (original) (raw)

Question: what is the current status of spwd module in Python? Is this something I should look at seeing if I can emulate in AIX (i.e., not using getspent() etc, functions, but the AIX ones for accessing shadow information).

I thought I heard that spwd will be removed - sometime.

If spwd is going to stay forever, then the missing announcement may be useful, but asis, it is just some noise.