[Python-3000] PEP 3108 and modules to be removed (current list)

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Fri Jan 5 22:31:54 CET 2007


On 1/5/07, Bill Janssen <janssen at parc.com> wrote:
>
> You know, hashlib, the replacement for sha and md5, was only
> introduced in 2.5.  That's bleeding-edge.  I'd be happiest if sha and
> md5 stuck around for a few years, to give people time to support older
> installations of Python.  After all, Mac OS X still ships with Python
> 2.3, and lots of Linux installations ship standard with 2.4.


Well, this is only Py3K, not the 2.x series so they are not disappearing
right away.  But there is a clear migration path so I don't think we should
keep those two modules around in Py3K.

-Brett
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