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gh-131178: Fix mimetypes CLI docs to mention that errors go to stdout #149683

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gh-149682: Fix mimetypes CLI to write error messages to stderr
htjworld May 11, 2026
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Remove inline comments from docs examples
htjworld May 11, 2026
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Address review feedback: revert stderr routing, update docs and tests
htjworld May 11, 2026
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Add NEWS entry for mimetypes CLI tests
htjworld May 11, 2026
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Address review feedback: strengthen test assertions, remove NEWS entry
htjworld May 11, 2026
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gh-131178: fix test_unknown_flag to supply positional arg
htjworld May 12, 2026
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gh-131178: add @force_not_colorized to test_unknown_flag
htjworld May 12, 2026
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Merge branch 'main' into gh-149682-mimetypes-fix-stderr
sobolevn May 31, 2026
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gh-131178: revert unnecessary CLI example changes in mimetypes docs
htjworld May 31, 2026
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Update Doc/library/mimetypes.rst
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Expand Up @@ -381,22 +381,22 @@ interface:
$ python -m mimetypes --extension text/javascript
.js

$ # get a file extension by a rare MIME type (error goes to stderr)
$ # get a file extension by a rare MIME type
$ python -m mimetypes --extension text/xul
error: unknown type text/xul

$ # now look in the extended database again
$ python -m mimetypes --extension --lenient text/xul
.xul

$ # try to feed an unknown file extension (error goes to stderr)
$ # try to feed an unknown file extension
$ python -m mimetypes filename.sh filename.nc filename.zzz filename.txt
type: application/x-sh encoding: None
type: application/x-netcdf encoding: None
error: media type unknown for filename.zzz
type: text/plain encoding: None

$ # try to feed an unknown MIME type (error goes to stderr)
$ # try to feed an unknown MIME type
$ python -m mimetypes --extension audio/aac audio/opus audio/future audio/x-wav
.aac
.opus
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