[Python-Dev] PEP 594: Removing dead batteries from the standard library (original) (raw)

André Malo nd at perlig.de
Tue May 21 08:31:02 EDT 2019

On Dienstag, 21. Mai 2019 13:46:34 CEST Christian Heimes wrote:

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.

Correct. However that's a valid argument for the whole stdlib.

I agree with Victor (in the other branch), that we should call the PEP how it's meant. It effectively boils down to: "We don't want to maintain these modules anymore, volunteers step forward within the next 3 years". It would definitely draw a clear line and cut short a lot of discussions (like this one). And it would be perfectly fine, for me at least.

nd

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