[Python-Dev] PEP 594: Removing dead batteries from the standard library (original) (raw)
Christian Heimes christian at python.org
Tue May 21 07:46:34 EDT 2019
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On 21/05/2019 13.08, André Malo wrote:
On Montag, 20. Mai 2019 23:27:49 CEST Antoine Pitrou wrote:
NNTP is still quite used (often through GMane, but probably not only) so I'd question the removal of nntplib.
cgitb used to be used by some Web frameworks in order to format exceptions. Perhaps one should check if that's still the case. I concur with both of those. There's software in production using both. (It doesn't mean it's on pypi or even free software).
There is always somebody who uses a feature. This argument blocks any innovation or cleanup. Victor just reminded me of https://xkcd.com/1172/ .
- The removed modules will be available through PyPI.
- You don't have to start to worry until Python 3.10 is released in over 3 years from now.
- The modules are fully supported in Python 3.8 and 3.9. Python 3.9 will reach EOL late 2026 or early 2027.
That's plenty of time.
Christian
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