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