changeset:   105656:6249350e654a
branch:      3.6
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
(grafted from 25df9671663b5f8b1560d58d8842f9676f6dffc2)


diff -r d6c8803c55b4 -r 6249350e654a Doc/library/importlib.rst
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst	Wed Dec 07 23:54:28 2016 -0800
+++ 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 d6c8803c55b4 -r 6249350e654a Doc/using/windows.rst
--- a/Doc/using/windows.rst	Wed Dec 07 23:54:28 2016 -0800
+++ 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 d6c8803c55b4 -r 6249350e654a Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst	Wed Dec 07 23:54:28 2016 -0800
+++ 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 d6c8803c55b4 -r 6249350e654a Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Wed Dec 07 23:54:28 2016 -0800
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Wed Dec 07 13:02:27 2016 -0800
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 Python News
 +++++++++++
 
+What's New in Python 3.6.0 release candidate 2
+==============================================
+
+*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+
+Windows
+-------
+
+- Issue #28896: Deprecate WindowsRegistryFinder
+
+
 What's New in Python 3.6.0 release candidate 1
 ==============================================