[Python-Dev] Deprecating modules (python-dev summary for early Dec, 2004)

2005-01-25 Thread Jim Jewett
It was also agreed that deleting deprecated modules was not needed; it breaks code and disk space is cheap. It seems that no longer listing documentation and adding a deprecation warning is what is needed to properly deprecate a module. By no longer listing documentation new

Re: [Python-Dev] Deprecating modules (python-dev summary for early Dec, 2004)

2005-01-25 Thread Jim Jewett
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:21:34 -0600, Skip Montanaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Would it make sense to add an attic (or even deprecated) Jim directory to the end of sys.path, and move old modules there? This Jim would make the search for non-deprecated modules a bit faster, and