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