PEP 594: Update 1.5 (#1068)
* Fix markup for wave section * Add estimated EOL for 3.9 * mention pynntp and why getopt and wave stay * Add Ned's suggestion
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@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ Starting with Python 3.9, deprecated modules will start issuing
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`DeprecationWarning`. The `parser`_ module is removed and potentially
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replaced with a new module.
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All other deprecated modules are fully supported and will receive security
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updates until Python 3.9 reaches its end of lifetime. Python 3.9.0 will
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be released about 18 months after 3.8.0 (April 2021?) and most likely
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be supported for 5 years after the release. The estimated EOL of Python 3.9
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is in 2026.
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3.10
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----
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@ -493,7 +498,9 @@ groups used to be a dominant platform for online discussions. Over the last
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two decades, news has been slowly but steadily replaced with mailing lists
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and web-based discussion platforms. Twisted is also
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`planning <https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/9405>`_ to deprecate NNTP
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support.
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support and `pynnt <https://github.com/greenbender/pynntp>`_ hasn't seen any
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activity since 2014. This is a good indicator that the public interest in
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NNTP support is declining.
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The ``nntplib`` tests have been the cause of additional work in the recent
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past. Python only contains client side of NNTP. The tests connect to
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------
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The `getopt <https://docs.python.org/3/library/getopt.html>`_ module mimics
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C's getopt() option parser. Although users are encouraged to use argparse
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instead, the getopt module is still widely used.
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C's getopt() option parser.
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Although users are encouraged to use argparse instead, the getopt module is
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still widely used. The module is small, simple, and handy for C developers
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to write simple Python scripts.
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Module type
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pure Python
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@ -785,8 +795,10 @@ optparse
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--------
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The `optparse <https://docs.python.org/3/library/optparse.html>`_ module is
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the predecessor of the argparse module. Although it has been deprecated for
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many years, it's still widely used.
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the predecessor of the argparse module.
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Although it has been deprecated for many years, it's still too widely used
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to remove it.
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Module type
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pure Python
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@ -796,16 +808,21 @@ Substitute
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argparse
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wave
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~~~~
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----
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The `wave <https://docs.python.org/3/library/wave.html>`_ module provides
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support for the WAV sound format. The module uses one simple function
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from the `audioop`_ module to perform byte swapping between little and big
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endian formats. Before 24 bit WAV support was added, byte swap used to be
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implemented with the ``array`` module. To remove ``wave``'s dependency on the
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``audioop``, the byte swap function could be either be moved to another
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module (e.g. ``operator``) or the ``array`` module could gain support for
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24 bit (3 byte) arrays.
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support for the WAV sound format.
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The module is not deprecated, because The WAV format is still relevant these
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days. The ``wave`` module is also used in education, e.g. to show kids how
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to make noise with a computer.
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The module uses one simple function from the `audioop`_ module to perform
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byte swapping between little and big endian formats. Before 24 bit WAV
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support was added, byte swap used to be implemented with the ``array``
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module. To remove ``wave``'s dependency on the ``audioop``, the byte swap
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function could be either be moved to another module (e.g. ``operator``) or
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the ``array`` module could gain support for 24 bit (3 byte) arrays.
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Module type
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pure Python (depends on *byteswap* from `audioop`_ C extension)
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have a place from which they can pick up and fork code.
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A first draft of a `legacylib <https://github.com/tiran/legacylib>`_
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repository is available on my private Github account.
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repository is available on my private Github account. The modules could be
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made available on PyPI. The Python core team will not publish or maintain
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the packages. It is my hope that members of the Python community will
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adopt, maintain, and perhaps improve the deprecated modules.
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It's my hope that some of the deprecated modules will be picked up and
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adopted by users that actually care about them. For example ``colorsys`` and
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list suitable substitutions.
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* Mention that ``socketserver`` is going to stay for ``http.server`` and
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``xmlrpc.server``
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* The future maintenance section now states that the deprecated modules
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may be adopted by Python community members.
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References
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