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If it's simple, then what's the point in removing it? Dealing with standard application level protocols like SMTP, NNTP, FTP, IMAP, POP, and HTTP shouldn't req
by u801e 7y ago
If it's simple, then what's the point in removing it? Dealing with standard application level protocols like SMTP, NNTP, FTP, IMAP, POP, and HTTP shouldn't require installing third party packages.
- viraptor 7y agoSo that they can be improved / maintained. "stdlib is where packages go to die" is kind of true. You can use contact http from stdlib for example, but that's how we get urllib, urllib2, 3rd party urllib3 and requests. For the point of removing the modules, check the "rationale" part of the PEP.
- u801e 7y agoThe original post you responded to mentioned that NNTP did not have a replacement, so I don't see how it could be improved/maintained if it's just not there anymore.