python · vstinner · May 25, 2023 · May 25, 2023
diff --git a/Doc/library/binascii.rst b/Doc/library/binascii.rst
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@
               representations.
 
 .. index::
-   pair: module; uu
    pair: module; base64
 
 --------------
 
 The :mod:`binascii` module contains a number of methods to convert between
 binary and various ASCII-encoded binary representations. Normally, you will not
-use these functions directly but use wrapper modules like :mod:`uu` or
+use these functions directly but use wrapper modules like
 :mod:`base64` instead. The :mod:`binascii` module contains
 low-level functions written in C for greater speed that are used by the
 higher-level modules.
@@ -179,8 +178,5 @@ The :mod:`binascii` module defines the following functions:
       Support for RFC compliant base64-style encoding in base 16, 32, 64,
       and 85.
 
-   Module :mod:`uu`
-      Support for UU encoding used on Unix.
-
    Module :mod:`quopri`
       Support for quoted-printable encoding used in MIME email messages.
diff --git a/Doc/library/superseded.rst b/Doc/library/superseded.rst
@@ -15,4 +15,3 @@ backwards compatibility. They have been superseded by other modules.
    chunk.rst
    imghdr.rst
    optparse.rst
-   uu.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/uu.rst b/Doc/library/uu.rst
diff --git a/Doc/license.rst b/Doc/license.rst
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ The :mod:`trace` module contains the following notice::
 UUencode and UUdecode functions
 -------------------------------
 
-The :mod:`uu` module contains the following notice::
+The ``uu`` codec contains the following notice::
 
    Copyright 1994 by Lance Ellinghouse
    Cathedral City, California Republic, United States of America.

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.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`      |
   +---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ Modules (see :pep:`594`):
 * :mod:`!spwd`
 * :mod:`!sunau`
 * :mod:`!telnetlib`
-* :mod:`uu`
+* :mod:`!uu`
 * :mod:`!xdrlib`
 
 APIs:

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
@@ -217,6 +217,10 @@ Removed
 
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`104773`.)
 
+* :pep:`594`: Remove the :mod:`!uu` module, deprecated in Python 3.11:
+  the :mod:`base64` module is a modern alternative.
+  (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`104773`.)
+
 
 Porting to Python 3.13
 ======================

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ adding ``~`` to the set of characters that are never quoted by default.
    uu
 --
 
-The :func:`uu.encode` function now accepts an optional *backtick*
+The :func:`!uu.encode` function now accepts an optional *backtick*
 keyword argument.  When it's true, zeros are represented by ``'`'``
 instead of spaces.  (Contributed by Xiang Zhang in :issue:`30103`.)