[Python-Dev] PEP 594: update 1

Christian Heimes christian at python.org
Tue May 21 11:48:58 EDT 2019


On 21/05/2019 17.35, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> OK, sounds like nntplib can stay — this time. 
> 
> On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 08:33 Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net <mailto:solipsis at pitrou.net>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     As I said, if the main annoyance with nntplib is the sporadic test
>     failures, then the relevant tests can be disabled on CI.
> 
>     NNTP itself is still used, even if less and less.

I'd rather have it moved outside the core and maintained by people that actually care about NNTP support.

Greg, you proposed the deprecation of nntplib. Any comments?

Christian


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