[Python-Dev] removing use of mimetools, multifile, and rfc822

[Barry Warsaw]

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On May 31, 2007, at 4:09 PM, Brett Cannon wrote:

> I just finished going through PEP 4 and adding DeprecationWarnings in
> 2.6for the various modules that were lacking the warning for some
> reason or
> another ...
>
> ... except for mimetools, multifile, and rfc822.  All three modules  
> are
> still used by some other module somewhere in the stdlib.  The docs  
> say to
> use the email package to replace these three, but there is no one- 
> to-one
> mapping.  And as I never use any of these three modules, email, or the
> modules still using the three in question I don't know how to go about
> ripping them out.
>
> In other words this email is to hopefully inspire someone to remove  
> the uses
> of rfc822, mimetools, and multifile from the stdlib so the
> DeprecationWarnings can finally go in.

+1 for deprecating these.  I don't have time to slog through the  
stdlib and do the work, but I would be happy to help answer questions  
about alternatives.

- -Barry

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