gh-104773: PEP 594: Remove the nis module (#104897)

Author: vstinner

Doc/library/nis.rst

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ backwards compatibility. They have been superseded by other modules.
    crypt.rst
    imghdr.rst
    msilib.rst
-   nis.rst
    optparse.rst
    uu.rst
    xdrlib.rst

Doc/library/superseded.rst

@@ -1426,9 +1426,9 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the SVN logs for all the details.
   :file:`.msi` files and CAB files.  Some support for reading the :file:`.msi`
   database is also included. (Contributed by Martin von Löwis.)
 
-* The :mod:`nis` module now supports accessing domains other than the system
-  default domain by supplying a *domain* argument to the :func:`nis.match` and
-  :func:`nis.maps` functions. (Contributed by Ben Bell.)
+* The :mod:`!nis` module now supports accessing domains other than the system
+  default domain by supplying a *domain* argument to the :func:`!nis.match` and
+  :func:`!nis.maps` functions. (Contributed by Ben Bell.)
 
 * The :mod:`operator` module's :func:`itemgetter`  and :func:`attrgetter`
   functions now support multiple fields.   A call such as

Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst

@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ Modules
   +---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
   | :mod:`aifc`         | :mod:`chunk`        | :mod:`msilib`       | :mod:`!pipes`       | :mod:`!telnetlib`   |
   +---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
-  | :mod:`audioop`      | :mod:`crypt`        | :mod:`nis`          | :mod:`!sndhdr`      | :mod:`uu`           |
+  | :mod:`audioop`      | :mod:`crypt`        | :mod:`!nis`         | :mod:`!sndhdr`      | :mod:`uu`           |
   +---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
   | :mod:`!cgi`         | :mod:`imghdr`       | :mod:`!nntplib`     | :mod:`!spwd`        | :mod:`xdrlib`       |
   +---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+

Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst

@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ Modules (see :pep:`594`):
 * :mod:`imghdr`
 * :mod:`!mailcap`
 * :mod:`msilib`
-* :mod:`nis`
+* :mod:`!nis`
 * :mod:`!nntplib`
 * :mod:`!ossaudiodev`
 * :mod:`!pipes`

Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst

@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ Removed
   instead.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`104773`.)
 
+* :pep:`594`: Remove the :mod:`!nis` module, deprecated in Python 3.11.
+  (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`104773`.)
+
 
 Porting to Python 3.13
 ======================

Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst

@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ Fix refleak in _Py_fopen_obj() when PySys_Audit() fails
 .. nonce: tzMy7m
 .. section: Core and Builtins
 
-Add a state to the :mod:`nis` module (:pep:`3121`) and apply the multiphase
+Add a state to the :mod:`!nis` module (:pep:`3121`) and apply the multiphase
 initialization. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
 
 ..

Lib/test/test_nis.py

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:pep:`594`: Remove the :mod:`!nis` module, deprecated in Python 3.11. Patch
+by Victor Stinner.

Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a1.rst

@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ PYTHONPATH=$(COREPYTHONPATH)
 # Modules with UNIX dependencies that require external libraries
 
 #_crypt _cryptmodule.c -lcrypt
-#nis nismodule.c -I/usr/include/tirpc -lnsl -ltirpc
 
 # Modules that require external libraries.