Python finally offloads some batteries

Posted Mar 17, 2022 10:44 UTC (Thu) by kleptog (subscriber, #1183)
Parent article: Python finally offloads some batteries

> The PEP does not specify what will happen to the modules after they are removed; the code will obviously still be available, so interested users could create Python Package Index (PyPI) modules or incorporate parts into other projects.

Why so passive? Just specify that the packages will be available under the same name on PyPI so that anyone using the code can simply add it to their dependencies and continue.

This is related to the issue that's it would be nice to be able to upgrade the batteries without having to upgrade the whole of Python.

Python finally offloads some batteries

Posted Mar 17, 2022 22:01 UTC (Thu) by Paf (subscriber, #91811) [Link]

I think it’s passive because they’re saying they’re not going to do it. It would be *allowed*, but they’re not doing it, which seems reasonable enough.