PEP 594 – Removing dead batteries from Python's standard library
Hmm, should perhaps this be worthy of a major version number bump? Yes, it's not as large or as breaking of a change as the 2.7->3.0 transition, but by removing modules from the standard library, backwards compatibility <i>is</i> being broken. Now, perhaps most people don't use those features anymore, but for those people who do use and rely on these modules, a major version number change would be a welcome signal that their code will no longer work with the new version.<p>But, after the initial pain of the 2.7->3.0 transition, I doubt we'll ever see another major version number jump, even if a logical use of version numbers would merit it.