Feature Requests item #1423082, was opened at 2006-02-02 19:20 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by jimjjewett You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=355470&aid=1423082&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Library Group: None Status: Closed Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Jim Jewett (jimjjewett) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: lib-deprecated Initial Comment: obsolete modules are moved to lib-old. deprecated modules remain in the library. This makes the search for a relevant library more difficult. People browsing the code may not realize that they are deprecated. (Example, I found no notice of deprecation within the code for rfc822.) Even when the notice is there, the modules add to the number of alternatives, which hurts One-Obvious-Way-To-Do-It. If these modules were moved to a deprecated directory, these problems would be greatly reduced. (Ensure backwards compatibility by leaving the deprecated directory on the search path.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Jim Jewett (jimjjewett) Date: 2006-03-06 14:26 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=764593 Reading the docs is not a bad thing, but they aren't always convenient when developing, and the code itself should be correct too. Moving them out of the standard library (and possibly the idlelib module search) will make them less of an attractive nuisance; at the least, it will save people the effort of looking them up and then backing out. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: SourceForge Robot (sf-robot) Date: 2006-03-03 22:23 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1312539 This Tracker item was closed automatically by the system. It was previously set to a Pending status, and the original submitter did not respond within 14 days (the time period specified by the administrator of this Tracker). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Georg Brandl (birkenfeld) Date: 2006-02-17 07:03 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1188172 I think it's common practise to add a DeprecationWarning to those modules which are deprecated since one or two releases. That should be enough reminder. You should be reading the docs anyway :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=355470&aid=1423082&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
