`v7` and `v6` Discord API gateway decommission is imminent.

[Ahsoka]

Hello,

I wanted to make an issue about this since the latest stable version of discord.py v1.7.3 and any previous version of discord.py are about to no longer work due to the imminent decommissioning of v7 and v6 Discord API gateway. The current plan is to decommission them on April 30th, see here for reference. It seems like the only option is to rewrite the bot as @Rapptz (the creator of discord.py) is not willing to push out a legacy version to support bots using the old version 1.x framework to extend their life, see here for reference (you must be in the discord.py Discord server to see this message). Will this bot die on April 30th or are there plans to update the bot's code in that timeframe?

Thank you,
@Ahsoka

[Ahsoka]

Good news! The deadline has been extended to the end of 2022! See here for reference.