[New-bugs-announce] [issue38585] defusedexpat not supported past python 3.3/3.4

[Avi Kelman]

New submission from Avi Kelman <avikelman at d3b.center>:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/xml.html continues to recommend defusedexpat, but that package won't install for any Python versions after 3.4 because the package isn't being maintained. https://bitbucket.org/tiran/defusedexpat/src/default/ linked from https://pypi.org/project/defusedexpat/ stops at 3.3. https://github.com/tiran/defusedexpat stops at 3.4.

If the package doesn't actually work for newer Pythons, the recommendation should be removed from official documentation.

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 355337
nosy: Avi Kelman, docs at python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: defusedexpat not supported past python 3.3/3.4
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9

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