> One concern I have is when users follow internet examples and look out
for these modules or examples.

There is an option: keep removed modules but replace each module content
with 'raise ImportError("Please use <XXX> instead")' stub.
The actual module removal can be postponed for years until most internet
resources reflect this fact.

On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 8:43 PM Senthil Kumaran <report@bugs.python.org>
wrote:

>
> Senthil Kumaran <senthil@python.org> added the comment:
>
> +1 to these modules removal.
>
> One concern I have is when users follow internet examples and look out for
> these modules or examples.
>
> What is the best way to show them the modern usage?
>
> - Should Python docs show some example snippet of the most common usage of
> aiosmtpd ?
> - Echo server / client using asyncio.
>
> A stdlib page dedicated to removal, and showing examples using these
> modules, especially aiostmpd as it is not a part of stdlib, might be a good
> idea.
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