On 5/21/2019 10:12 AM, Christian Heimes wrote:
------------------------------------------------------------------- PEP: 594 Title: Removing dead batteries from the standard library
'dead' seems controversial. 'nearly useless' should be less so. I think 'after 2.7 end-of-life' is worth adding, as the schedule hinges around that. Result:
"Removing nearly useless batteries from the standard library after 2.7 end-of-life."
Abstract ========
Rationale =========
Part of the point of the PEP is to gather together nearly all proposals in one place so users can respond in a timely fashion.
Deprecation schedule ====================
I think it worth adding that some modules were deprecated years ago but kept until after 2.7 end-of-life to ease 3.x transition. Removing modules is not a sudden new idea.
Also, the proposed schedule (with one exception) is a slower alternative than proposals to add a deprecation warning (if not one already) in 3.8 and remove in 3.9.
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