[3.12] pythongh-97850: Update the deprecation warning of importlib.abc.Loader.load_module (pythonGH-129855) (pythonGH-130017)

(cherry picked from commit aa81a6f)

Author: tomasr8

Doc/deprecations/pending-removal-in-3.15.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ Pending Removal in Python 3.15
   rarely used.  No direct replacement exists.  *Anything* is better than CGI
   to interface a web server with a request handler.
 
+* :mod:`importlib`:
+
+  * ``load_module()`` method: use ``exec_module()`` instead.
+
 * :class:`locale`: :func:`locale.getdefaultlocale` was deprecated in Python 3.11
   and originally planned for removal in Python 3.13 (:gh:`90817`),
   but removal has been postponed to Python 3.15.

Doc/deprecations/pending-removal-in-future.rst

@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ although there is currently no date scheduled for their removal.
 
 * :mod:`importlib`:
 
-  * ``load_module()`` method: use ``exec_module()`` instead.
   * :func:`~importlib.util.cache_from_source` *debug_override* parameter is
     deprecated: use the *optimization* parameter instead.
 

Doc/library/importlib.rst

@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ ABC hierarchy::
            :exc:`NotImplementedError`.  Functionality provided when
            :meth:`exec_module` is available.
 
-        .. deprecated:: 3.4
+        .. deprecated-removed:: 3.4 3.15
            The recommended API for loading a module is :meth:`exec_module`
            (and :meth:`create_module`).  Loaders should implement it instead of
            :meth:`load_module`.  The import machinery takes care of all the
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ ABC hierarchy::
 
        Implementation of :meth:`Loader.load_module`.
 
-       .. deprecated:: 3.4
+       .. deprecated-removed:: 3.4 3.15
           use :meth:`exec_module` instead.
 
 
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ ABC hierarchy::
 
       Calls super's ``load_module()``.
 
-      .. deprecated:: 3.4
+      .. deprecated-removed:: 3.4 3.15
          Use :meth:`Loader.exec_module` instead.
 
    .. abstractmethod:: get_filename(fullname)
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ ABC hierarchy::
 
        Concrete implementation of :meth:`Loader.load_module`.
 
-       .. deprecated:: 3.4
+       .. deprecated-removed:: 3.4 3.15
           Use :meth:`exec_module` instead.
 
     .. method:: get_source(fullname)
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ find and load modules.
       Concrete implementation of :meth:`importlib.abc.Loader.load_module` where
       specifying the name of the module to load is optional.
 
-      .. deprecated:: 3.6
+      .. deprecated-removed:: 3.6 3.15
 
          Use :meth:`importlib.abc.Loader.exec_module` instead.
 
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ find and load modules.
    Concrete implementation of :meth:`importlib.abc.Loader.load_module` where
    specifying the name of the module to load is optional.
 
-   .. deprecated:: 3.6
+   .. deprecated-removed:: 3.6 3.15
 
       Use :meth:`importlib.abc.Loader.exec_module` instead.
 

Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py

@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ def _load_module_shim(self, fullname):
 
     """
     msg = ("the load_module() method is deprecated and slated for removal in "
-          "Python 3.12; use exec_module() instead")
+           "Python 3.15; use exec_module() instead")
     _warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning)
     spec = spec_from_loader(fullname, self)
     if fullname in sys.modules:

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-02-08-15-13-43.gh-issue-97850.jQ0CvW.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Update the deprecation warning of
+:meth:`importlib.abc.Loader.load_module`.