[Python-Dev] "Deprecation" of os.system in favor of subprocess?

[Stephane Wirtel]

Hi all,

After your feedback, I have my answer.

I understand the your points of view and I don't want to change any part
of code for os.system and subprocess, I don't want to deprecate
os.system in favor of subprocess. I just wanted to know your opinion
about this point.

+1 to use os.system when we only need a call without portability, just a
quick code.

+1 for subprocess for the portability.

Thank you so much for your patience/time and your explanations.

Stéphane

On 10/24, Stephane Wirtel wrote:
>Good morning/afternoon/evening/night ;-)
>
>In the documentation of os.system [1], there is this paragraph, where we
>suggest to use subprocess instead of os.system.
>
>"""
>The subprocess module provides more powerful facilities for spawning new
>processes and retrieving their results; using that module is preferable
>to using this function. See the Replacing Older Functions with the
>subprocess Module section in the subprocess documentation for some
>helpful recipes.
>"""
>
>But I have found some references (between 15 and 23 (if we include
>setup.py)) of os.system.
>
>
>Do we need to keep the code like that or could we start to use
>subprocess for these "references" because it is preferable?
>
>If you think we could move to subprocess, I would like to open an issue
>and try to fix it.
>
>1. Add the 'deprecated' directive in the doc
>2. Use subprocess for these references
>
>What is your opinion?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Stéphane
>
>[1] https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/os.html?highlight=os%20system#os.system
>
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