python · vstinner · Oct 3, 2022 · Sep 30, 2022
diff --git a/Doc/howto/regex.rst b/Doc/howto/regex.rst
@@ -378,11 +378,7 @@ containing information about the match: where it starts and ends, the substring
 it matched, and more.
 
 You can learn about this by interactively experimenting with the :mod:`re`
-module.  If you have :mod:`tkinter` available, you may also want to look at
-:source:`Tools/demo/redemo.py`, a demonstration program included with the
-Python distribution.  It allows you to enter REs and strings, and displays
-whether the RE matches or fails. :file:`redemo.py` can be quite useful when
-trying to debug a complicated RE.
+module.
 
 This HOWTO uses the standard Python interpreter for its examples. First, run the
 Python interpreter, import the :mod:`re` module, and compile a RE::

diff --git a/Doc/library/curses.rst b/Doc/library/curses.rst
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ Linux and the BSD variants of Unix.
       Tutorial material on using curses with Python, by Andrew Kuchling and Eric
       Raymond.
 
-   The :source:`Tools/demo/` directory in the Python source distribution contains
-   some example programs using the curses bindings provided by this module.
-
 
 .. _curses-functions:
 

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -170,6 +170,15 @@ CPython bytecode changes
   (Contributed by Ken Jin in :gh:`93429`.)
 
 
+Demos and Tools
+===============
+
+* Remove the ``Tools/demo/`` directory which contained old demo scripts. A copy
+  can be found in the `old-demos project
+  <https://github.com/gvanrossum/old-demos>`_.
+  (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`97681`.)
+
+
 Deprecated
 ==========
 

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2022-09-30-18-35-11.gh-issue-97681.-KO1Ba.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2022-09-30-18-35-11.gh-issue-97681.-KO1Ba.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Remove the ``Tools/demo/`` directory which contained old demo scripts. A copy
+can be found in the `old-demos project
+<https://github.com/gvanrossum/old-demos>`_.  Patch by Victor Stinner.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 DATA_DIRS = FileNameSet("data")
 
-TOOLS_DIRS = FileNameSet("scripts", "i18n", "demo", "parser")
+TOOLS_DIRS = FileNameSet("scripts", "i18n", "parser")
 TOOLS_FILES = FileSuffixSet(".py", ".pyw", ".txt")
 
 

diff --git a/Tools/README b/Tools/README
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ buildbot        Batchfiles for running on Windows buildbot workers.
 
 ccbench         A Python threads-based concurrency benchmark. (*)
 
-demo            Several Python programming demos.
-
 freeze          Create a stand-alone executable from a Python program.
 
 gdb             Python code to be run inside gdb, to make it easier to

diff --git a/Tools/demo/README b/Tools/demo/README
diff --git a/Tools/demo/beer.py b/Tools/demo/beer.py
diff --git a/Tools/demo/eiffel.py b/Tools/demo/eiffel.py