STINNER Victor <vstin...@python.org> added the comment:

> There is an option: keep removed modules but replace each module content
> with 'raise ImportError("Please use <XXX> instead")' stub.
> The actual module removal can be postponed for years until most internet 
> resources reflect this fact.

That prevents someone to provide asyncore for Python 3.11 under the same name, 
"asyncore". The stdlib module has the priority over the third-party module.

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