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Re: module mailcap to be removed -- how to replace ?

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> Python 3.11 marks "mailcap" for removal in 3.13. The
> documentation speaks about "mimetypes" being a replacement,
> of sorts.
>
> However, I can't really see how "mimetypes" helps in
> replacing the functionality of "mailcap".
>
> Put another way: what is the suggested way of replacing that
> module in existing code ?  The use case is "find the viewer
> for any kind of file (mimetype), as long as the system
> knows".

Given this decision has been made at the upstream python level, you
should be asking on their support channel how they plan for current
code migration (which is 2 years away).
https://www.python.org/about/help/ could be a good start.

-- 
Sandro "morph" Tosi
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module mailcap to be removed -- how to replace ? Karsten Hilbert <Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net> - 2022-10-26 20:40 +0200
  Re: module mailcap to be removed -- how to replace ? Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org> - 2022-10-26 20:50 +0200
    Re: module mailcap to be removed -- how to replace ? Karsten Hilbert <Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net> - 2022-10-26 21:00 +0200

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