Remove Lib/plat-*/* files

[zware]

BPO	28027
Nosy	@gvanrossum, @doko42, @vstinner, @ned-deily, @xdegaye, @zware, @koobs

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title = 'Remove Lib/plat-*/* files'
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[zware]

After discussion at the core dev sprints, Guido has decreed that the files in Lib/plat-* can and should be removed.

[python-dev]

New changeset 14d89359a389 by Zachary Ware in branch 'default':
Issue bpo-28027: Remove Lib/plat-* files
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/14d89359a389

[zware]

Will close this after the buildbots have confirmed they don't hate it.

[python-dev]

New changeset e256583e6062 by Zachary Ware in branch 'default':
Issue bpo-28027: Mention the names of the removed modules in Misc/NEWS
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e256583e6062

[vstinner]

Issue bpo-28027: Mention the names of the removed modules in Misc/NEWS

Thanks :-)

[zware]

None of the buildbots have complained about this (they've been too busy complaining about other things), so I'm closing it.

[vstinner]

Yeah! Thanks Zach :-)

[koobs]

YES, finally. Thanks :)

[vstinner]

FYI I first proposed to remove plat-* in 2011:
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2011-October/114105.html

That's why I added os.RTDL_* constants:
https://docs.python.org/dev/library/os.html#os.RTLD_LAZY

[doko42]

the removal of these modules should follow the normal deprecation process, for 3.6, then be removed for 3.7. There is no harm for this approach.

[gvanrossum]

Why? Do you have a dependency on these? None of them are documented.
Do you propose to document them just so we can mark them deprecated?

[doko42]

Since the 3.6 cycle, these modules are regenerated for the build, so they are not outdated anymore. They are not a maintenance burden either. So I'd like to see these available in 3.6, and documented as deprecated. Then removed in 3.7.

Apparently the proposers for this removal don't have the time for an analysis before the beta, I don't have the time either. So pretty please let's revert that change, and instead have the deprecation documented.