py, build: drop py
plugin from core & require external package
#2411
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Description
sopel/sopel/modules/py.py
Line 20 in 4c3e45e
This Oblique service URL will stop working at some point. End of support for Python 2.7 on Google App Engine, in January 2024, approaches. After that point we'll be unable to update that deployment. https://github.com/sopel-irc/oblique is already archived, because we're not intending to update it (the package contains a lot more than just the
py
service).Dropping this plugin from core now will let us make the transition to a new backend easier, without having to fit it into Sopel's release cadence. Marked the requirement with a TODO for 8.1, when it should become an optional manually-installed plugin like the others that have been packageized (ipython, spellcheck, etc.).
While there is a
pylambda
private repo with a potential replacement, it makes more sense to just drop this from the first-party features. Among users active in the #sopel channel, this plugin only seems to come up when someone's bot's users notice it in the command listing and start trying to break it.Checklist
make qa
(runsmake quality
andmake test
)Notes
Plugin moved to https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel-py