Standard Library
Python comes with batteries included. Still the Python project decided there were far too many obsolete/unmaintained batteries and the result was PEP 594.
Packages to replace deprecated modules
During Python BoF in DebConf24 it was decided to create a list of possible packages that should be in Debian to cover deprecated modules. Please, if you know any other, just add it.
module |
replacement |
Comments |
aifc |
python3-standard-aifc |
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asynchat |
Not in Debian |
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asyncore |
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audioop |
It is not a direct replacement |
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cgi |
Packaged in Debian |
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cgitb |
Packaged in Debian |
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chunk |
Not in Debian. But it's mentioned in discuss.p.o https://discuss.python.org/t/recharging-chunk-related-dead-batteries-pep594-feedback-appreciated/39963 |
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crypt |
Not in Debian |
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crypt_r |
Packaging in Debian |
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imghdr |
puremagic |
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mailcap |
python3-standard-mailcap |
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msilib |
TBD |
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nntplib |
python3-standard-nntplib |
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nis |
TBD |
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ossaudiodev |
TBD |
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pipes |
python3-standard-pipes |
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smtpd |
python3-standard-smtpd |
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sndhdr |
python3-standard-sndhdr |
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spwd |
TBD |
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sunau |
python3-standard-sunau |
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telnetlib |
https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/zombie-telnetlib/ |
Single file packaged as a native package |
uu |
python3-standard-uu |
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xdrlib |
python3-mda-xdrlib |
Common Dependencies
Roughly sorted by descending polularity/impact.
pep8 -> use pycodestyle
python3-amqplib -> use python3-amqp instead
oauth2client Bug #1070819
distutils : replace with setuptools
- mock : replace usage with unittest.mock from standard library
zombie-imp : replace with importlib
entrypoints https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?archive=no&bug=1052826#20
- cython3-legacy : replace with cython3
appdirs https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1060427
pyasyncore https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1058361
pyinotify https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1004387
- mistune0 : replace with plain mistune
- python3-singledispatch
- python3-contextlib2 : replace with contextlib from standard library
- python3-fs : replace with python3-fsspec
- unittest2 : replace with unittest
- lockfile: see #1073840 to have an example how to replace with filelock
entrypoints: work is needed on intake (from the Debian Med Team) and ipyparallel (upstream bug); jupyter-client doesn't need it anymore but the fix isn't uploaded yet
- patsy: "patsy is no longer under active development. As of August 2021,..."
- python3-ipython-genutils
- sphinx-testing "This package has been deprecated. Please use sphinx.testing package instead. It is bundled with Sphinx."
- python3-async-timeout: upstreamed into Python 3.11+ (use asyncio.Timeout)
bleach -> nh3: https://blog.ohheybrian.com/2023/06/moving-from-bleach-to-nh3/
digraph removals {
six
mock
nose
zombie_imp [label="zombie-imp"]
py312 [color=green]
lib2to3 [label="2to3"]
cython3_legacy [label="cython3-legacy"]
mistune0
m2r
unittest2
lockfile
distutils
ipython_genutils
lib2to3 -> py312
distutils -> lib2to3
distutils -> py311
nose -> zombie_imp
cython3_legacy -> zombie_imp
nose -> lib2to3
mistune0 -> nose
m2r -> mistune0
lockfile -> nose
ipython_genutils -> nose
}