Document various preexisting stdlib deprecations related to import for removal in Python 3.12

[brettcannon]

BPO	43720
Nosy	@brettcannon
PRs	bpo-43720: Update import-related stdlib deprecation messages to say they will be removed in Python 3.12 #25167

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[brettcannon]

The following module's have preexisting deprecations with no slated removal version. Since so much of import is getting cleaned up in Python 3.12, these should finally go as well so the APIs are consistent across Python.

• imp
• pkgutil
• importlib.util

[brettcannon]

New changeset dc6d3e1 by Brett Cannon in branch 'master':
bpo-43720: Update import-related stdlib deprecation messages to say they will be removed in Python 3.12 (GH-25167)
dc6d3e1

[Torxed]

On the topic of:

these should finally go... importlib.util

If it's really getting slated in 3.12 this should be mentioned in https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/importlib.html#module-importlib.util and at the very least not be available in https://docs.python.org/3.12/library/importlib.html#module-importlib.util?

[brettcannon]

@Torxed I'm not quite sure what you're referring to, but the entire module of importlib.util isn't going anywhere, it just has some things inside of the module that are deprecated.