Remove outdated transition helper scripts

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 40 deletions

diff --git a/devscripts/transition_helper.py b/devscripts/transition_helper.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cfd21919b..000000000
--- a/devscripts/transition_helper.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import sys, os
-
-try:
-    import urllib.request as compat_urllib_request
-except ImportError:  # Python 2
-    import urllib2 as compat_urllib_request
-
-sys.stderr.write(u'Hi! We changed distribution method and now youtube-dl needs to update itself one more time.\n')
-sys.stderr.write(u'This will only happen once. Simply press enter to go on. Sorry for the trouble!\n')
-sys.stderr.write(u'The new location of the binaries is https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/downloads, not the git repository.\n\n')
-
-try:
-    raw_input()
-except NameError:  # Python 3
-    input()
-
-filename = sys.argv[0]
-
-API_URL = "https://api.github.com/repos/rg3/youtube-dl/downloads"
-BIN_URL = "https://github.com/downloads/rg3/youtube-dl/youtube-dl"
-
-if not os.access(filename, os.W_OK):
-    sys.exit('ERROR: no write permissions on %s' % filename)
-
-try:
-    urlh = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(BIN_URL)
-    newcontent = urlh.read()
-    urlh.close()
-except (IOError, OSError) as err:
-    sys.exit('ERROR: unable to download latest version')
-
-try:
-    with open(filename, 'wb') as outf:
-        outf.write(newcontent)
-except (IOError, OSError) as err:
-    sys.exit('ERROR: unable to overwrite current version')
-
-sys.stderr.write(u'Done! Now you can run youtube-dl.\n')