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authorJason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>2016-09-01 17:55:33 (GMT)
committerJason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>2016-09-01 17:55:33 (GMT)
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Issue #27919: Deprecate extra_path option in distutils.
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@@ -782,6 +782,12 @@ Deprecated features
now deprecated.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`25791` and :issue:`26754`.)
+* The undocumented ``extra_path`` argument to a distutils Distribution
+ is now considered
+ deprecated, will raise a warning during install if set. Support for this
+ parameter will be dropped in a future Python release and likely earlier
+ through third party tools. See :issue:`27919` for details.
+
Deprecated Python behavior
--------------------------