bpo-41139: Deprecate `cgi.log()` (GH-25625)

diff --git a/Lib/cgi.py b/Lib/cgi.py
index 6c72507..6cb8cf2 100755
--- a/Lib/cgi.py
+++ b/Lib/cgi.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import html
 import locale
 import tempfile
+import warnings
 
 __all__ = ["MiniFieldStorage", "FieldStorage", "parse", "parse_multipart",
            "parse_header", "test", "print_exception", "print_environ",
@@ -77,9 +78,11 @@ def initlog(*allargs):
 
     """
     global log, logfile, logfp
+    warnings.warn("cgi.log() is deprecated as of 3.10. Use logging instead",
+                  DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
     if logfile and not logfp:
         try:
-            logfp = open(logfile, "a")
+            logfp = open(logfile, "a", encoding="locale")
         except OSError:
             pass
     if not logfp:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cgi.py b/Lib/test/test_cgi.py
index 239d975..c1b893d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_cgi.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cgi.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from collections import namedtuple
 from io import StringIO, BytesIO
 from test import support
+from test.support import warnings_helper
 
 class HackedSysModule:
     # The regression test will have real values in sys.argv, which
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ def test_separator(self):
                     else:
                         self.assertEqual(fs.getvalue(key), expect_val[0])
 
+    @warnings_helper.ignore_warnings(category=DeprecationWarning)
     def test_log(self):
         cgi.log("Testing")