From 86198c1c21e959030cf5710a6d4d2fcb3337596b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniele Varrazzo <daniele.varrazzo@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 01:33:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] inet adapters deprecated

Close #343
---
 NEWS               | 1 +
 doc/src/extras.rst | 5 +++--
 lib/extras.py      | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6ada19c0..4921973e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ New features:
 - The attributes `~connection.notices` and `~connection.notifies` can be
   customized replacing them with any object exposing an `!append()` method
   (:ticket:`#326`).
+- old ``inet`` adapters deprecated (:ticket:`#343`).
 - Added `~psycopg2.extensions.quote_ident()` function (:ticket:`#359`).
 - Added `~connection.get_dsn_parameters()` connection method (:ticket:`#364`).
 
diff --git a/doc/src/extras.rst b/doc/src/extras.rst
index 78e96efe..3a3d232f 100644
--- a/doc/src/extras.rst
+++ b/doc/src/extras.rst
@@ -934,8 +934,9 @@ UUID data type
 :sql:`inet` data type
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-.. versionadded:: 2.0.9
-.. versionchanged:: 2.4.5 added inet array support.
+.. deprecated:: 2.7
+    these objects will not receive further development and disappear in future
+    versions
 
 .. doctest::
 
diff --git a/lib/extras.py b/lib/extras.py
index fe74d386..a9f5b447 100644
--- a/lib/extras.py
+++ b/lib/extras.py
@@ -686,6 +686,11 @@ def register_inet(oid=None, conn_or_curs=None):
     :param conn_or_curs: where to register the typecaster. If not specified,
         register it globally.
     """
+    import warnings
+    warnings.warn(
+        "the inet adapter is deprecated, it's not very useful",
+        DeprecationWarning)
+
     if not oid:
         oid1 = 869
         oid2 = 1041