Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!3.us.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!usenet.goja.nl.eu.org!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Karsten Hilbert Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: module mailcap to be removed -- how to replace ? Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:00:02 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Wed Oct 26 18:53:38 2022 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.9 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: NOT_IN_SBL_XBL_SPAMHAUS=-1.5 CL_IP_EQ_HELO_IP=-2 (check from: .gmx. - helo: .mout.gmx. - helo-domain: .gmx.) FROM/MX_MATCHES_HELO(DOMAIN)=-2; rate: -5.5 X-Ui-Sender-Class: 724b4f7f-cbec-4199-ad4e-598c01a50d3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Ma_X_Il-Followup-To: d Re_X_Turn-Receipt-To: Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net Di_X_Sposition-Notification-To: Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net X-Confi_X_Rm-Reading-To: Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net X-Pri_X_Ority: 2 (High) Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:K+eWSrxXiICNbMsh1ZIe4qZpEP/oxdSM1XUgmQnrZdb/GlF42BE TsTxxau/Runfo1SX/7Pswjd1eid03FAVFmifXKiVtwhBJMGbucn8ndadw5FxeqiZ3BzSnGo MJsi8r1PfEM+qxOKxnJ0T7twlE6pPvHm9SO82E2PH/wB7OJK+ZI3EitGkUjoiPqRwm+AqZ9 EiFCStwgP2JfI1JaSyijg== Ui-Outboundreport: notjunk:1;M01:P0:LvgrV7lVH8I=;i7s7Offq6+p6RxIJx6Q4rbGhihN RS/2RUFOjq8SVN5tMfpxQRfOIKEnM0NQYugIJsnXhSPKGByHFToRLgUdrjyES/ECx/PUWsrIC L6aZEU95hxPEBwowXAJNoebKljpaHg9sO0hc+0f5TjdVPLWBV+bvgTIkpVCIfo9RxHBnyy4oA PEF5TErIn5iFQH6J6C5ZMIkl2KlBvDSfIp9vgn2t85toZWTmw/HPrXuG9fid+lXqq8UfY4E3e fSmNm7kR6UE8wnuAzGFeaElQTk9GQ5kq+MR7lEiSQQe2LVf5eMevLvD14Sq2DrY8bBoF3aNZR Jx7sH+9nJXFpCClIYfzW/A8lcxArau9h5urqOWla4QrgX+UZQjLJyL8lJ62pEMcCNpNKcYAhK OVl3yY6zcwasHLNCEaYEX4YK26DurhwSax0n/GPsdfUC7sk56cv+wggfg/56muNPWTjXsuOTq /PaiJLAb6cqRBBk1NrX6Na6GUq31B8znMKC+S7HxaD34fN09DsuajTibMTcarJTwLJyH2j311 VtjfucUiq+BC/zfojTNJj23s+mHbOjyb16/kshW0JmUnh2BbTRJfnri2Pb9rxz+OhIBa9jTPn 4RRembC05AwtJSNf8s1fK40AAeR0HqZASoxCXpF2f7BhKqLX7qw7QqqDo/1OA+21U698iMczH hqXaxavcPGXOX+vvAc2WvpJmWMA9l/mPpY1de3eUzVcW3bAXoBp5MrDlOMkbiyT6hb0Ce130E MvsUCXdZC5WuINb0gdyhyIsU4+YRMehJ80FNYxkRUcw5lpLYNm7GMBbFqjtTa817x6aBEno/D 8sxnaLfHO1iSMuYdHqL+OVLjEQjSRq6QO90dCuE1RO98nkGqVrXLFeB3KyE70VUWrg+9I9FQb JwZOqRr2Iz99TGp0eidYSdDsURYTp937bzMVNOM6CdR9lELbWhER0YPrkPvOeqZUQ25FRtAhg 1JIEfA== Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/20410 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/Y1mCG6eYPc1AaqGu@hermes.hilbert.loc Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 24 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway X-Original-Cc: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Original-Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 20:53:15 +0200 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: X-Original-Sender: Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:14558 Am Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 02:47:31PM -0400 schrieb Sandro Tosi: > > 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. Thanks and sorry for the noise. Wrong list on my part ... Karsten =2D- GPG 40BE 5B0E C98E 1713 AFA6 5BC0 3BEA AC80 7D4F C89B