> while i agree to this basic idea i wanted to remind of the other > point buried in my mail ... Changing the deprecation process to be based > on *version numbers* rather than *uncertain future points in time*... -1. It's hard to predict how often versions will be released. The PEPs (4 and 5) specify time limits, which are better defined. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)