Jason R. Coombs <jar...@jaraco.com> added the comment: > The standard library has clear rules regarding how previously working > interfaces should be deprecated, and this changeset is violating those. At no > point was documented that relying on the list/dict trait of the existing > interface is not part of the interface.
Thanks Gábor for chiming in. A minor correction, the "dict" trait was documented, and compatibility is retained for that trait. It's only the "list" trait of the less-commonly-used "Distribution.entry_points" that's a concern here, and I've yet to see an example of it being an actual concern. I've already offered to add compatibility if a compelling use case is presented. > I don't think the importlib libraries are special enough to warrant exclusion > from this rule (as opposed let's say the zoneinfo). The docs do explicitly call out that the module is provisional. https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.metadata.html Still, I believe it's best for this module to honor the stdlib practices as best as possible, and I believe the indicated change does that. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue44246> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
