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Remove http.server.CGIHTTPRequestHandler and --cgi flag support #133810

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Feature or enhancement

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This class is insecure, barely used and as we said "Anything is better than CGI to interface a web server with a request handler".

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

This is a minor feature, which does not need previous discussion elsewhere

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    on May 10, 2025
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