Mention deprecation of rotor module

akuchling · akuchling · commit 13b4c417487f · 2003-04-24T13:23:43.000Z
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex
@@ -1575,10 +1575,15 @@ \section{New, Improved, and Deprecated Modules}
 use something else.
 
 (Sticking with Python 2.2 or 2.1 will not make your applications any
-safer, because there are known bugs in the \module{rexec} module in
+safer because there are known bugs in the \module{rexec} module in
 those versions.  I repeat, if you're using \module{rexec}, stop using
 it immediately.)
 
+\item The \module{rotor} module has been deprecated because the 
+  algorithm it uses for encryption is not believed to be secure.  If
+  you need encryption, use one of the several AES Python modules
+  that are available separately.
+
 \item The \module{shutil} module gained a \function{move(\var{src},
 \var{dest})} function that recursively moves a file or directory to a new
 location.
