[Python-Dev] Removing stuff from 2.4

[Guido van Rossum]

> > * Remove TERMIOS, mpz, statcache, xreadlines, rotor.
> >   (Unchanged from my earlier proposal.)
> >
> >   These modules have raised DeprecationWarning for a while, but only
> >   rotor is listed in PEP 4.  I'll add them to the PEP in any event;
> >   is not being listed sufficient grounds for delaying their removal to
> >   2.5?
> >
> >   (I would say we don't need to wait until 2.5; they've been raising
> >   DeprecationWarnings for a long time, so users should be well aware
> >   the modules' days are numbered.)
> >
> > * Leave rfc822, mimetools alone; the stdlib will have to avoid their use
> >   first, and I'm not going to do that right now.
> >
> > * Make mimify, MimeWriter raise DeprecationWarnings; nothing in the
> >   stdlib uses them.

All +1 from me. (I still haven't started using the new email package,
so I'm reluctant to see my beloved rfc822.py disappearing in the
future; but I trust its fate is sealed, and I'm happy it gets an
extension. :-)


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