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author | Alexandre Vassalotti <alexandre@peadrop.com> | 2008-05-16 04:39:54 (GMT) |
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committer | Alexandre Vassalotti <alexandre@peadrop.com> | 2008-05-16 04:39:54 (GMT) |
commit | e9f305fd16fb38fd6255303b9607f227ee219693 (patch) | |
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r63208 | georg.brandl | 2008-05-13 15:04:54 -0400 (Tue, 13 May 2008) | 2 lines
#2831: add start argument to enumerate(). Patch by Scott Dial and me.
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r63209 | marc-andre.lemburg | 2008-05-13 15:10:45 -0400 (Tue, 13 May 2008) | 3 lines
Remove leftovers from reverted setuptools checkin (they were added in r45525).
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r63211 | georg.brandl | 2008-05-13 17:32:03 -0400 (Tue, 13 May 2008) | 2 lines
Fix a refleak in the _warnings module.
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r63212 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-05-13 20:46:41 -0400 (Tue, 13 May 2008) | 1 line
List all the removes and renamed modules
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r63214 | brett.cannon | 2008-05-13 21:09:40 -0400 (Tue, 13 May 2008) | 2 lines
Rewrap some lines in test_py3kwarn.
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r63219 | georg.brandl | 2008-05-14 02:34:15 -0400 (Wed, 14 May 2008) | 2 lines
Add NEWS entry for #2831.
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r63220 | neal.norwitz | 2008-05-14 02:47:56 -0400 (Wed, 14 May 2008) | 3 lines
Fix "refleak" by restoring the tearDown method removed by accident (AFAICT)
in r62788.
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r63221 | georg.brandl | 2008-05-14 03:18:22 -0400 (Wed, 14 May 2008) | 2 lines
Fix another "refleak" by clearing the filters after test.
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r63222 | neal.norwitz | 2008-05-14 03:21:42 -0400 (Wed, 14 May 2008) | 5 lines
Install the json package and tests as well as the lib2to3 tests
so the tests work when run from an install directory.
They are currently skipped on the daily runs (not from the buildbots)
for checking refleaks, etc.
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r63256 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-05-14 21:10:24 -0400 (Wed, 14 May 2008) | 1 line
Note some removals and a rename
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r63311 | brett.cannon | 2008-05-15 00:36:53 -0400 (Thu, 15 May 2008) | 2 lines
Add a snippet for the deprecation directive for docs.
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r63313 | gregory.p.smith | 2008-05-15 00:56:18 -0400 (Thu, 15 May 2008) | 5 lines
disable the crashing test. I will also file a bug. This crash does
not appear to be a new bug, its just that the test coverage went up
recently exposing it. (I verified that by testing this test code on
an older Modules/_bsddb.c)
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r63320 | georg.brandl | 2008-05-15 11:08:32 -0400 (Thu, 15 May 2008) | 2 lines
#2863: add gen.__name__ and add this name to generator repr().
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r63324 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-05-15 16:07:39 -0400 (Thu, 15 May 2008) | 1 line
Import class from distutils.cmd, not .core, to avoid circular import
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r63327 | alexandre.vassalotti | 2008-05-15 16:31:42 -0400 (Thu, 15 May 2008) | 2 lines
Fixed typo in a doctest of test_genexps.
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r63332 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-15 18:34:33 -0400 (Thu, 15 May 2008) | 2 lines
add Mac modules to the list of deprecated ones
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r63333 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-15 18:41:16 -0400 (Thu, 15 May 2008) | 2 lines
fix typos in whatsnew
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r63348 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-15 22:24:49 -0400 (Thu, 15 May 2008) | 2 lines
make test_platform a bit more assertive (We'll see what the buildbots say.)
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1 files changed, 80 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst index c39c80a..31ea41d 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst @@ -1466,13 +1466,86 @@ New, Improved, and Deprecated Modules As usual, Python's standard library received a number of enhancements and bug fixes. Here's a partial list of the most notable changes, sorted alphabetically by module name. Consult the :file:`Misc/NEWS` file in the source tree for a more -complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details. - -* (3.0-warning mode) The :mod:`audiodev` module is being deprecated, - and has been removed from Python 3.0, so importing it now triggers a - warning. The module hasn't been maintained for several versions, - and is written against an outdated sound interface for SunOS and - IRIX. +complete list of changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the +details. + +* (3.0-warning mode) Python 3.0 will feature a reorganized standard + library; many outdated modules are being dropped, + and some modules are being renamed or moved into packages. + Python 2.6 running in 3.0-warning mode will warn about these modules + when they are imported. + The list of deprecated modules is: + :mod:`_builtinSuites`, + :mod:`aepack`, + :mod:`aetools`, + :mod:`aetypes`, + :mod:`applesingle`, + :mod:`appletrawmain`, + :mod:`appletrunner`, + :mod:`argvemulator`, + :mod:`Audio_mac`, + :mod:`audiodev`, + :mod:`autoGIL`, + :mod:`bgenlocations`, + :mod:`buildtools`, + :mod:`bundlebuilder`, + :mod:`Canvas`, + :mod:`Carbon`, + :mod:`cfmfile`, + :mod:`CodeWarrior`, + :mod:`ColorPicker`, + :mod:`compiler`, + :mod:`cd`, + :mod:`cddb`, + :mod:`cdplayer`, + :mod:`CL` and :mod:`cl`, + :mod:`cd`, + :mod:`cd`, + :mod:`dircache`, + :mod:`dl`, + :mod:`EasyDialogs`, + :mod:`Explorer`, + :mod:`Finder`, + :mod:`FrameWork`, + :mod:`findertools`, + :mod:`fpformat`, + :mod:`gensuitemodule`, + :mod:`ic`, + :mod:`icglue`, + :mod:`icopen`, + :mod:`ihooks`, + :mod:`imageop`, + :mod:`linuxaudiodev`, + :mod:`macerrors`, + :mod:`MacOS`, + :mod:`macostools`, + :mod:`macresource`, + :mod:`mhlib`, + :mod:`MiniAEFrame`, + :mod:`multifile`, + :mod:`Nav`, + :mod:`Netscape`, + :mod:`new`, + :mod:`OSATerminology`, + :mod:`pimp`, + :mod:`PixMapWrapper`, + :mod:`popen2`, + :mod:`pure`, + :mod:`StdSuites`, + :mod:`sv`, + :mod:`SystemEvents`, + :mod:`Terminal`, + :mod:`terminalcommand`, + :mod:`test.testall`, + :mod:`toaiff`, + :mod:`videoreader`. + + The modules that have been renamed are: + + * :mod:`ConfigParser` has become :mod:`configparser`. + * :mod:`copy_reg` has become :mod:`copyreg`. + * :mod:`SocketServer` has become :mod:`socketserver`. + * :mod:`Queue` has become :mod:`queue`. * The :mod:`bsddb.dbshelve` module now uses the highest pickling protocol available, instead of restricting itself to protocol 1. @@ -1755,9 +1828,6 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details. the forward search. (Contributed by John Lenton.) -* (3.0-warning mode) The :mod:`new` module has been removed from - Python 3.0. Importing it therefore triggers a warning message. - * The :mod:`operator` module gained a :func:`methodcaller` function that takes a name and an optional set of arguments, returning a callable that will call |