> Python 3.11 marks "mailcap" for removal in 3.13. The > documentation speaks about "mimetypes" being a replacement, > of sorts. > > However, I can't really see how "mimetypes" helps in > replacing the functionality of "mailcap". > > Put another way: what is the suggested way of replacing that > module in existing code ? The use case is "find the viewer > for any kind of file (mimetype), as long as the system > knows".
Given this decision has been made at the upstream python level, you should be asking on their support channel how they plan for current code migration (which is 2 years away). https://www.python.org/about/help/ could be a good start. -- Sandro "morph" Tosi My website: http://sandrotosi.me/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandrotosi
