On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Gustavo Narea <m...@gustavonarea.net> wrote: > Whoops, I wan't aware of this topic when I posted this: > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/2e20f4ae486800a1 > > Anyway, I'm +1 on this. > > On Jun 22, 10:47 pm, Robert Coup <robert.c...@koordinates.com> wrote: >> Hey folks, >> >> While people are throwing around 1.3 ideas... I think we should start >> the process of deprecating and removing support for mod_python. Why? >> >> * mod_wsgi is better in every way. >> * mod_python hasn't had a release since 2007, or a commit since 2008; >> it's a dead end. The Apache Foundation board voted this month to >> retire it to the "Attic" - effectively beginning to wind it >> up.http://attic.apache.org/projects/quetzalcoatl.html >> * if people are still using it in production in 2012, it is easy to >> maintain an external handler. >> >> I'm proposing the following very predictable timeline: >> >> Django 1.3 >> Use of the modpython handler raises a PendingDeprecationWarning. >> Update the docs to discourage people from using it. >> Django 1.4 >> Use of the modpython handler raises a DeprecationWarning. >> Django 1.5 >> Remove the modpython handler from Django (and put it on >> bitbucket/github?) >> >> If someone magically steps up and brings it back to life, we can >> always halt/reverse the process. >> >> Objections? >> >> Rob :) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. > >
Another +1 (not that this needs it). However, I wonder if there is a case to be made to be even more aggressive in the deprecation process (DeprecationWarning now, instead of Pending) seeing as how it's already dead in the water upstream? Alex -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Voltaire "The people's good is the highest law." -- Cicero "Code can always be simpler than you think, but never as simple as you want" -- Me -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
