[Python-checkins] gh-68966: Document mailcap deprecation in Python 3.11 (#91971)

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Wed Apr 27 05:40:09 EDT 2022


https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a36d97e3f1daeb431e1c5bc8ab83daca93b747b0
commit: a36d97e3f1daeb431e1c5bc8ab83daca93b747b0
branch: 3.10
author: Victor Stinner <vstinner at python.org>
committer: vstinner <vstinner at python.org>
date: 2022-04-27T11:39:51+02:00
summary:

gh-68966: Document mailcap deprecation in Python 3.11 (#91971)

(cherry picked from commit 80de0273c0caf8bae19787bb00255eb3fb2a2d0c)

files:
M Doc/library/mailcap.rst
M Doc/library/netdata.rst
M Doc/library/superseded.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/mailcap.rst b/Doc/library/mailcap.rst
index 7749b7dd45ef4..416b181f45a77 100644
--- a/Doc/library/mailcap.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/mailcap.rst
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@
 
 .. module:: mailcap
    :synopsis: Mailcap file handling.
+   :deprecated:
 
 **Source code:** :source:`Lib/mailcap.py`
 
+.. deprecated:: 3.11
+   The :mod:`mailcap` module is deprecated. See :pep:`594` for the rationale
+   and the :mod:`mimetypes` module for an alternative.
+
 --------------
 
 Mailcap files are used to configure how MIME-aware applications such as mail
diff --git a/Doc/library/netdata.rst b/Doc/library/netdata.rst
index 0e6ebd3b02ddd..1cf717332731c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/netdata.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/netdata.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ on the internet.
 
    email.rst
    json.rst
-   mailcap.rst
    mailbox.rst
    mimetypes.rst
    base64.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/superseded.rst b/Doc/library/superseded.rst
index e3f9b0d37fe10..b38f16691f6ea 100644
--- a/Doc/library/superseded.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/superseded.rst
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ backwards compatibility. They have been superseded by other modules.
    crypt.rst
    imghdr.rst
    imp.rst
+   mailcap.rst
    msilib.rst
-   nntplib.rst
    nis.rst
+   nntplib.rst
    optparse.rst
    ossaudiodev.rst
    pipes.rst



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