Per Greg Ward, optparse is no longer being externally maintained.

I'll look at the bugs in the Optik bug tracker and copy them to the Python bug
tracker if they're still relevant.

Lib/optparse.py

-"""optparse - a powerful, extensible, and easy-to-use option parser.
+"""A powerful, extensible, and easy-to-use option parser.
 
 By Greg Ward <gward@python.net>
 
-Originally distributed as Optik; see http://optik.sourceforge.net/ .
-
-If you have problems with this module, please do not file bugs,
-patches, or feature requests with Python; instead, use Optik's
-SourceForge project page:
-  http://sourceforge.net/projects/optik
+Originally distributed as Optik.
 
 For support, use the optik-users@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list
 (http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/optik-users).
 """
 
-# Python developers: please do not make changes to this file, since
-# it is automatically generated from the Optik source code.
-
 __version__ = "1.5.3"
 
 __all__ = ['Option',