PEP 4: Deprecation of standard modules

[Michal Wallace]

On 9 Oct 2000, Martin von Loewis wrote:

> Well, that is the whole point of the PEP. Without asking, I wouldn't
> know which modules are still in use and which are not. I will
> undeprecate the gopher module in the next revision of the PEP,
> documenting who is using the module still. Then, ten years from now,
> we can ask this person whether he is still using gopherlib, then in 50
> years, and so on. Once he doesn't use it anymore, we can again
> deprecate it and wait for somebody else to claim using it :-)


Why deprecate modules at all? Why not just move them out of the
standard distribution and make a home (page) for outcast modules.. As
long as you can get to this stuff from parnassus, everyone should be
happy. Or am I missing something?

Cheers,

- Michal
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