On 03/02/2010 08:27 PM, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote:
> Members of Gentoo Python Project have agreed to deprecate the following 
> functions
> in EAPI <=2:
>   - python_version()
>   - python_mod_exists()
>   - python_tkinter_exists()
>   - distutils_python_version()
>   - distutils_python_tkinter()
> 
> These functions are already banned in EAPI >=3.
> 
> 1. In this week, these functions will start printing deprecation warnings in 
> older EAPIs.
> 2. On 2010-07-01, these functions will start calling die().
>    (If any ebuilds in gentoo-x86 still call any of these functions on 
> 2010-07-01,
>     then addition of calls to die() will be delayed.)
> 3. On 2011-01-01, these functions will be removed.
> 

Removing eclass functions like this is not allowed by current policy. If
you want to do it, you should discuss about changing policy.

Regards,
Petteri

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