Modernize and refactor `mimetypes`

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Review the attached mimetypes3.diff through mimetypes5.diff and apache_mimetypes.py, then compare them with the current mimetypes library module. The issue is in patch review and does not define a settled target, so confirm scope and acceptance criteria before making changes.

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Description

stdlib type-refactor
BPO 6626
Nosy @ncoghlan, @merwok, @bitdancer, @jab
Files
  • mimetypes3.diff: patch "version 3"
  • mimetypes2.diff: patch "version 2"
  • apache_mimetypes.py: a list of tuples containing apache's default extension -> type mappings
  • mimetypes4.diff: patch "version 4"
  • mimetypes5.diff: patch "version 5"
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title = 'show Python mimetypes module some love'
updated_at = <Date 2014-01-25.03:41:52.533>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/jrus'

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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue6626'
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