Identifying standard library APIs removed in Python 3.15 from your code using AST—502 public name differences and a comparison with ruff, pyupgrade, and ver…

Python 3.15.0 was released on October 9, 2026. The "Removed" section of the official "What's New in Python 3.15" document ...
InfoWorld

Python removes ‘dead batteries’ from standard library

A slew of obsolete modules are slated to be dropped from Python, a possible prelude to a process for keeping the standard library cleaner. An initiative to remove outdated and unmaintained modules ...
LWN.net

What should be in the Python standard library?

Python has always touted itself as a "batteries included" language; its standard library contains lots of useful modules, often more than enough to solve many types of problems quickly. From time to ...