#6623: Add explicit deprecation warning for ftplib.Netrc.
diff --git a/Lib/ftplib.py b/Lib/ftplib.py
index 6aecd28..8d99158 100644
--- a/Lib/ftplib.py
+++ b/Lib/ftplib.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
import os
import sys
import socket
+import warnings
from socket import _GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
__all__ = ["FTP","Netrc"]
@@ -953,6 +954,8 @@
__defacct = None
def __init__(self, filename=None):
+ warnings.warn("This class is deprecated, use the netrc module instead",
+ DeprecationWarning, 2)
if filename is None:
if "HOME" in os.environ:
filename = os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"],