[Python-3000] [stdlib-sig] PEP 3108 - stdlib reorg/cleanup

[Raymond Hettinger]

> * UserList/UserString [done: 3.0]

Note that these were updated and moved to the collections module in Py3.0.  



> anydbm             dbm.tools [1]_
> whichdb            dbm.tools [1]_

Were there any better naming suggestions than dbm.tools?  The original names seem much more informative.



> For modules that are renamed, stub modules will be created with the
> original names and be kept in a directory within the stdlib (e.g. like
> how lib-old was once used). 

What is the purpose of the new directory?  Are there some use
cases for intermixing the new and old names?  Is there something
that the 2-to-3 converter won't be able to handle?


Raymond