[Zope-Checkins] SVN: Zope/branches/2.11/ Noted long-standing but silent deprecation of Zope2-style interfaces

[Tres Seaver]

Log message for revision 86939:
  Noted long-standing but silent deprecation of Zope2-style interfaces
  
  o Issue deprecation warning on import of the Interface package). That package
    is already gone on the trunk.
  

Changed:
  U   Zope/branches/2.11/doc/CHANGES.txt
  U   Zope/branches/2.11/lib/python/Interface/__init__.py

-=-
Modified: Zope/branches/2.11/doc/CHANGES.txt
===================================================================
--- Zope/branches/2.11/doc/CHANGES.txt	2008-05-25 02:58:13 UTC (rev 86938)
+++ Zope/branches/2.11/doc/CHANGES.txt	2008-05-25 05:29:27 UTC (rev 86939)
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
   Change information for previous versions of Zope can be found in the
   file HISTORY.txt.
 
+  After Zope 2.11 rc 1
+
+    Restructuring
+
+      - Noted long-standing but silent deprecation of Zope2-style
+        interfaces (on import of the Interface package).  That package
+        is already gone on the trunk.
+
   Zope 2.11 rc 1 (2008/05/08)
 
     Bugs Fixed

Modified: Zope/branches/2.11/lib/python/Interface/__init__.py
===================================================================
--- Zope/branches/2.11/lib/python/Interface/__init__.py	2008-05-25 02:58:13 UTC (rev 86938)
+++ Zope/branches/2.11/lib/python/Interface/__init__.py	2008-05-25 05:29:27 UTC (rev 86939)
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
 Revision information:
 $Id$
 """
+import warnings
+warnings.warn(
+    'The Interface package is deprecated and will be removed '
+    'in Zope 2.12. Use zope.interface instead.',
+    DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
 
 from _Interface import Interface
 from Attribute import Attribute