Re:My User Experience Porting Off Setup.py
by eesmith on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @06:44AM
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Then Python is not the language for you, and never has been.
The Python core developers have had a practice of removing standard library packages for over 30 years, including packages that - like cgi.py - worked.
For example, modules removed with Python 2.0 included cmp, cmpcache, dircmp, dump, find, grep, packmail, poly, stdwin, util, whatsound, and zmod.
Python 2.4 removed mpz, rotor, and xreadlines - no more Enigma machine emulation for you, and I had to change my code because I used xreadlines.
Python 3.0 removed even more modules: cl, md5, sha, rfc822, and more. Plus it did some library reorganization.
Ever use the "parser" module? I did. It was removed in 3.10 because of the switch to the PEG parser.
PEP 594 re-affirms the reasoning behind the long-given practice removing old packages.
There are language communities with a stronger commitment to not breaking old code. COBOL is fantastically backwards compatible, for an obvious example.
I urge you to consider the options I gave. The functionality you want can be done using the standard library without that much effort.
The Python core developers have had a practice of removing standard library packages for over 30 years, including packages that - like cgi.py - worked.
For example, modules removed with Python 2.0 included cmp, cmpcache, dircmp, dump, find, grep, packmail, poly, stdwin, util, whatsound, and zmod.
Python 2.4 removed mpz, rotor, and xreadlines - no more Enigma machine emulation for you, and I had to change my code because I used xreadlines.
Python 3.0 removed even more modules: cl, md5, sha, rfc822, and more. Plus it did some library reorganization.
Ever use the "parser" module? I did. It was removed in 3.10 because of the switch to the PEG parser.
PEP 594 re-affirms the reasoning behind the long-given practice removing old packages.
There are language communities with a stronger commitment to not breaking old code. COBOL is fantastically backwards compatible, for an obvious example.
I urge you to consider the options I gave. The functionality you want can be done using the standard library without that much effort.