[Python] How to add deprecation warning to Python enum fields?

Given the following enum:

class MyEnum(enum.Enum):
Field1 = "Field1"
Field2 = "Field2" # should be deprecated for `Field3`
Filed3 = "Field3"


I'd like to add a deprecation warning to a field such that when I call MyEnum.Field2 or MyEnum("Field2") a <MyEnum.Field3: 'Field3'> enum instance will be returned as well as a deprecation warning.

What is the proper way to do so? Is there a python language feature that can do this?

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