python · vstinner · Nov 3, 2022 · Nov 3, 2022 · Nov 3, 2022
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ gmon.out
 .DS_Store
 
 *.exe
-!Lib/distutils/command/*.exe
 
 # Ignore core dumps... but not Tools/msi/core/ or the like.
 core
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ Doc/.venv/
 Doc/env/
 Doc/.env/
 Include/pydtrace_probes.h
-Lib/distutils/command/*.pdb
 Lib/lib2to3/*.pickle
 Lib/site-packages/*
 !Lib/site-packages/README.txt

diff --git a/Doc/conf.py b/Doc/conf.py
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@
 coverage_ignore_modules = [
     r'[T|t][k|K]',
     r'Tix',
-    r'distutils.*',
 ]
 
 coverage_ignore_functions = [

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ Important deprecations, removals or restrictions:
 
 * :pep:`623`, Remove wstr from Unicode
 
+* :pep:`632`, Remove the ``distutils`` package.
+
 Improved Error Messages
 =======================
 
@@ -401,6 +403,12 @@ although there is currently no date scheduled for their removal.
 Removed
 =======
 
+* Remove the ``distutils`` package. It was deprecated in Python 3.10 by
+  :pep:`632` "Deprecate distutils module". For projects still using
+  ``distutils`` and cannot be updated to something else, the ``setuptools``
+  project can be installed: it still provides ``distutils``.
+  (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`92584`.)
+
 * Removed many old deprecated :mod:`unittest` features:
 
   - A number of :class:`~unittest.TestCase` method aliases:

diff --git a/Lib/distutils/README b/Lib/distutils/README
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py