[Python-Dev] Deprecating the formatter module

[Terry Reedy]

On 8/14/2013 12:09 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> On 14 August 2013 11:55, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:

>> I view a deprecation as the same thing. If we leave the module in until
>> Python 4 then I can live with that, but simply moving documentation around
>> is not enough to communicate to those who didn't read the release notes to
>> know modules they rely on are now essentially orphaned.
>
> No, a deprecation isn't enough, because it doesn't help authors and
> educators to know "this is legacy, you can skip it". We need both.

At least a couple of releases before deletion, we should put a 'legacy' 
package up on pypi. Then the deprecation message could say to use that 
as an alternative.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy