[Python-Dev] Removal of install_misc command from distutils

[Alexander Belopolsky]

I started porting my project [1] to Python 3.7 and came across bpo-29218:

"The unused distutils install_misc command has been removed."  [2]

Historically, the distutils package was very conservative about changes
because many 3rd party packages extended it in ways unforeseen by the
Python core developers.  As far as I can tell, this removal was done
without a deprecation period or any public discussion.

The comment above the command class [3] was there for 18 years and promised
to "keep it around for the time being."  Why did it suddenly become
necessary to remove it in 3.7?  Is shedding 20 lines of code really worth
the risk of breaking user code?

[1]: https://github.com/KxSystems/pyq
[2]: https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.7.html#api-and-feature-removals
[3]:
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/aae45f93e7b7708deb1ce9d69b58fa029106613d
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