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+"""IPython kernels and associated utilities
+
+For connecting to kernels, use jupyter_client
+"""
+
+# Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
+# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+
+# Shim to maintain backwards compatibility with old IPython.kernel imports.
+
+import sys
+from warnings import warn
+
+warn("The `IPython.kernel` package has been deprecated. "
+     "You should import from ipython_kernel or jupyter_client instead.")
+
+from IPython.utils.shimmodule import ShimModule
+
+# Shims for jupyter_client
+# Can't do a single shim, because the package didn't move all together
+
+for name in (
+    'adapter',
+    'blocking',
+    'channels',
+    'channelsabc',
+    'client',
+    'clientabc',
+    'connect',
+    'ioloop',
+    'kernelspec',
+    'kernelspecapp',
+    'launcher',
+    'manager',
+    'managerabc',
+    'multikernelmanager',
+    'restarter',
+    'threaded',
+    'tests.test_adapter',
+    'tests.test_connect',
+    'tests.test_kernelmanager',
+    'tests.test_kernelspec',
+    'tests.test_launcher',
+    'tests.test_multikernelmanager',
+    'tests.test_public_api',
+):
+    sys.modules['IPython.kernel.%s' % name] = \
+        ShimModule(name, mirror='jupyter_client.%s' % name)
+
+# some files moved out of the zmq prefix
+for name in (
+    'session',
+    'tests.test_session',
+):
+    sys.modules['IPython.kernel.zmq.%s' % name] = \
+        ShimModule(name, mirror='jupyter_client.%s' % name)
+# preserve top-level API modules, all from jupyter_client
+
+# just for friendlier zmq version check
+from . import zmq
+
+from jupyter_client.connect import *
+from jupyter_client.launcher import *
+from jupyter_client.client import KernelClient
+from jupyter_client.manager import KernelManager, run_kernel
+from jupyter_client.blocking import BlockingKernelClient
+from jupyter_client.multikernelmanager import MultiKernelManager