René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Policy for removal of old `.. versionadded`|`.. versionchanged` ?","articleBody":"A large number of `.. versionadded`, and `.. versionchanged` directive are from long-unmaintained version of Python, from a rough search through the codebase/docs (excluding whatsnew), of everything 3.5 and before:\r\n\r\n```\r\n   4 .. versionchanged:: 3.0\r\n  33 .. versionchanged:: 3.1\r\n  55 .. versionadded:: 3.1\r\n 143 .. versionchanged:: 3.2\r\n 152 .. versionadded:: 3.5\r\n 159 .. versionchanged:: 3.4\r\n 182 .. versionadded:: 3.4\r\n 192 .. versionchanged:: 3.5\r\n 209 .. versionchanged:: 3.3\r\n 219 .. versionadded:: 3.2\r\n 295 .. versionadded:: 3.3\r\n```\r\n\r\nI think that at some point it might be useful to remove those, and write the documentation as if what was changed/added has always be present.\r\n\r\nIs there any policy as to when those can/should be removed/rephrased ?\n\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n### Linked PRs\n* gh-108522\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Carreau","@type":"Person","name":"Carreau"},"datePublished":"2023-08-26T12:56:57.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":9},"url":"https://github.com/108514/cpython/issues/108514"}