changeset:   105531:5376b3a168c8
parent:      105529:e66481099b9b
parent:      105530:25df9671663b
user:        Steve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com>
date:        Thu Dec 08 09:01:39 2016 -0800
files:       Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst Misc/NEWS
description:
Issue #28896: Deprecate WindowsRegistryFinder


diff -r e66481099b9b -r 5376b3a168c8 Doc/library/importlib.rst
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst	Thu Dec 08 17:17:17 2016 +0100
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst	Thu Dec 08 09:01:39 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 e66481099b9b -r 5376b3a168c8 Doc/using/windows.rst
--- a/Doc/using/windows.rst	Thu Dec 08 17:17:17 2016 +0100
+++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst	Thu Dec 08 09:01:39 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 e66481099b9b -r 5376b3a168c8 Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst	Thu Dec 08 17:17:17 2016 +0100
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst	Thu Dec 08 09:01:39 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 e66481099b9b -r 5376b3a168c8 Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Thu Dec 08 17:17:17 2016 +0100
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Thu Dec 08 09:01:39 2016 -0800
@@ -457,6 +457,8 @@
 Windows
 -------
 
+- Issue #28896: Deprecate WindowsRegistryFinder
+
 - Issue #28522: Fixes mishandled buffer reallocation in getpathp.c
 
 - Issue #28402: Adds signed catalog files for stdlib on Windows.