Very few modules in the standard library actually get deprecated, that's why this PEP got put together. It also took 3 years of discussion to achieve consensus

Very few modules in the standard library actually get deprecated, that's why this PEP got put together. It also took 3 years of discussion to achieve consensus and the initial list was whittled down quite a bit and the reasoning became much stronger on the final list. And these aren't even being removed until Python 3.13! The SC have also said this is a one time event and they won't accept a similar PEP in the future, modules in the future most be handled on a case by case basis and the preferred outcome will not be to remove them.