[Python-Dev] deprecated stuff in standard library

[Mike Klaas]

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Sjoerd Mullender <sjoerd at acm.org> wrote:

> The policy should also be, if someone decides (or rather, implements) a
> deprecation of a module, they should do a grep to see where that module
> is used and fix the code.  It's not rocket science.

I'm not sure if you're aware of it, but you're starting to sound a little rude.

ISTM that it doesn't make sense to waste effort ensuring that
deprecated code is updated to not call other deprecated modules.  Of
course, all released non-deprecated code should steer clear of
deprecated apis.

-Mike