Re: [Python-Dev] Deprecating modules (python-dev summary for early Dec, 2004)

2005-01-25 Thread Skip Montanaro
Jim> Would it make sense to add an attic (or even "deprecated") Jim> directory to the end of sys.path, and move old modules there? This Jim> would make the search for non-deprecated modules a bit faster, and Jim> would make it easier to verify that new code isn't depending Jim

Re: [Python-Dev] Deprecating modules (python-dev summary for early Dec, 2004)

2005-01-25 Thread Jim Jewett
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:21:34 -0600, Skip Montanaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jim> Would it make sense to add an attic (or even "deprecated") > Jim> directory to the end of sys.path, and move old modules there? This > Jim> would make the search for non-deprecated modules a bit fas

[Python-Dev] Deprecating modules (python-dev summary for early Dec, 2004)

2005-01-25 Thread Jim Jewett
> It was also agreed that deleting deprecated modules was not needed; it breaks > code and disk space is cheap. > It seems that no longer listing documentation and adding a deprecation > warning > is what is needed to properly deprecate a module. By no longer listing > documentation new progr