[Python-Dev] Removing stuff from 2.4

[A.M. Kuchling]

The following list of suggestions has been sitting around since the
beginning of August?  If not, I'll proceed with the actions described
below.

--amk

On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 05:15:17PM -0400, A.M. Kuchling wrote:
> Anyway, here's a revised action list:
> 
> * Remove TERMIOS, mpz, statcache, xreadlines, rotor.
>   (Unchanged from my earlier proposal.)
> 
>   These modules have raised DeprecationWarning for a while, but only
>   rotor is listed in PEP 4.  I'll add them to the PEP in any event; 
>   is not being listed sufficient grounds for delaying their removal to
>   2.5?
> 
>   (I would say we don't need to wait until 2.5; they've been raising
>   DeprecationWarnings for a long time, so users should be well aware 
>   the modules' days are numbered.)
> 
> * Leave rfc822, mimetools alone; the stdlib will have to avoid their use 
>   first, and I'm not going to do that right now.
> 
> * Make mimify, MimeWriter raise DeprecationWarnings; nothing in the
>   stdlib uses them.