[Python-Dev] Py3k DeprecationWarning in stdlib

[Nick Coghlan]

Virgil Dupras wrote:
> Hi Devs,
> 
> Today, I saw the Py3k beta 1 announcement, so I thought "Well, I gotta
> do my duty and try to migrate my own code base to see if I can uncover
> any problems". I'm just at the step where I run my test suite with the
> "-3" flag, and I noticed something peculiar: I get DeprecationWarning
> from stdlib code (namely, difflib, logging and unittest). Is it
> something to be expected or should I create tickets for those? I'm
> sure that the stdlib on the 3k side is fixed, but shouldn't the 2.6
> side be fixed as well?

I'd say so, yes. If tracker issues don't exist yet, please create them. 
The focus for the first beta was really on getting all the syntax and 
API changes stable - the remaining time between the first beta release 
and the first release candidate will focus on cleaning up issues like this.

> Sorry if this question is already answered somewhere else, I searched
> for an answer but I couldn't find it.
> 
> Additionally, one thing that strikes me as strange is how hard it is
> to find a "Migration guide" on the website. I had to dig in the PEP
> 3000 to find the brief bullet list telling me to run py26 with the -3
> flag.

Probably because nobody has stepped up to write a migration HOWTO yet...

Cheers,
Nick.

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