gh-104773: PEP 594: Remove the spwd module (#104871)

Remove spwd from the configure script and Modules/Setup.

Author: vstinner

Doc/library/grp.rst

@@ -63,7 +63,3 @@ It defines the following items:
 
    Module :mod:`pwd`
       An interface to the user database, similar to this.
-
-   Module :mod:`spwd`
-      An interface to the shadow password database, similar to this.
-

Doc/library/pwd.rst

@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ raised if the entry asked for cannot be found.
    *pw_passwd* field only contains an asterisk (``'*'``) or the  letter ``'x'``
    where the encrypted password is stored in a file :file:`/etc/shadow` which is
    not world readable.  Whether the *pw_passwd* field contains anything useful is
-   system-dependent.  If available, the :mod:`spwd` module should be used where
-   access to the encrypted password is required.
+   system-dependent.
 
 It defines the following items:
 
@@ -72,7 +71,3 @@ It defines the following items:
 
    Module :mod:`grp`
       An interface to the group database, similar to this.
-
-   Module :mod:`spwd`
-      An interface to the shadow password database, similar to this.
-

Doc/library/spwd.rst

@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@ backwards compatibility. They have been superseded by other modules.
    nis.rst
    nntplib.rst
    optparse.rst
-   spwd.rst
    uu.rst
    xdrlib.rst

Doc/library/superseded.rst

@@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the SVN logs for all the details.
   :meth:`getproto` accessor methods to retrieve the family, type, and protocol
   values for the socket.
 
-* New module: the :mod:`spwd` module provides functions for accessing the shadow
+* New module: the :mod:`!spwd` module provides functions for accessing the shadow
   password database on systems that support  shadow passwords.
 
 * The :mod:`struct` is now faster because it  compiles format strings into

Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst

@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ Modules
   +---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
   | :mod:`audioop`      | :mod:`crypt`        | :mod:`nis`          | :mod:`!sndhdr`      | :mod:`uu`           |
   +---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
-  | :mod:`!cgi`         | :mod:`imghdr`       | :mod:`nntplib`      | :mod:`spwd`         | :mod:`xdrlib`       |
+  | :mod:`!cgi`         | :mod:`imghdr`       | :mod:`nntplib`      | :mod:`!spwd`        | :mod:`xdrlib`       |
   +---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
   | :mod:`!cgitb`       | :mod:`!mailcap`     | :mod:`!ossaudiodev` | :mod:`!sunau`       |                     |
   +---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+

Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst

@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ Modules (see :pep:`594`):
 * :mod:`!ossaudiodev`
 * :mod:`!pipes`
 * :mod:`!sndhdr`
-* :mod:`spwd`
+* :mod:`!spwd`
 * :mod:`!sunau`
 * :mod:`!telnetlib`
 * :mod:`uu`

Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst

@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@ Removed
   The :mod:`mimetypes` module provides an alternative.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`104773`.)
 
+* :pep:`594`: Remove the :mod:`!spwd` module, deprecated in Python 3.11:
+  the `python-pam project <https://pypi.org/project/python-pam/>`_ can be used
+  instead.
+  (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`104773`.)
+
 
 Porting to Python 3.13
 ======================

Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst

@@ -2211,7 +2211,7 @@ Changes in the Python API
   the exception will stop a single-threaded server. (Contributed by
   Martin Panter in :issue:`23430`.)
 
-* :func:`spwd.getspnam` now raises a :exc:`PermissionError` instead of
+* :func:`!spwd.getspnam` now raises a :exc:`PermissionError` instead of
   :exc:`KeyError` if the user doesn't have privileges.
 
 * The :meth:`socket.socket.close` method now raises an exception if