changeset:   105530:25df9671663b
branch:      3.6
parent:      105528:f41d02d7da37
user:        Steve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com>
date:        Wed Dec 07 13:02:27 2016 -0800
files:       Doc/library/importlib.rst Doc/using/windows.rst Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst Misc/NEWS
description:
Issue #28896: Deprecate WindowsRegistryFinder


diff -r f41d02d7da37 -r 25df9671663b Doc/library/importlib.rst
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst	Tue Nov 22 22:53:18 2016 +0100
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst	Wed Dec 07 13:02:27 2016 -0800
@@ -806,6 +806,10 @@
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
+   .. deprecated:: 3.6
+      Use :mod:`site` configuration instead. Future versions of Python may
+      not enable this finder by default.
+
 
 .. class:: PathFinder
 
diff -r f41d02d7da37 -r 25df9671663b Doc/using/windows.rst
--- a/Doc/using/windows.rst	Tue Nov 22 22:53:18 2016 +0100
+++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst	Wed Dec 07 13:02:27 2016 -0800
@@ -823,6 +823,14 @@
       * Adds ``pythonXX.zip`` as a potential landmark when directly adjacent
         to the executable.
 
+.. deprecated::
+   3.6
+
+      Modules specified in the registry under ``Modules`` (not ``PythonPath``)
+      may be imported by :class:`importlib.machinery.WindowsRegistryFinder`.
+      This finder is enabled on Windows in 3.6.0 and earlier, but may need to
+      be explicitly added to :attr:`sys.meta_path` in the future.
+
 Additional modules
 ==================
 
diff -r f41d02d7da37 -r 25df9671663b Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst	Tue Nov 22 22:53:18 2016 +0100
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst	Wed Dec 07 13:02:27 2016 -0800
@@ -1938,6 +1938,10 @@
 been deprecated in previous versions of Python in favour of
 :meth:`importlib.abc.Loader.exec_module`.
 
+The :class:`importlib.machinery.WindowsRegistryFinder` class is now
+deprecated. As of 3.6.0, it is still added to :attr:`sys.meta_path` by
+default (on Windows), but this may change in future releases.
+
 os
 ~~
 
diff -r f41d02d7da37 -r 25df9671663b Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Tue Nov 22 22:53:18 2016 +0100
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Wed Dec 07 13:02:27 2016 -0800
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 - Issue #28847: dbm.dumb now supports reading read-only files and no longer
   writes the index file when it is not changed.
 
+Windows
+-------
+
+- Issue #28896: Deprecate WindowsRegistryFinder
+
 Tests
 -----