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Please do not obsolete this. I do >> not like display-line-numbers-mode, preferring line numbers in >> the margin. There must be other users similarly inclined. > Have you tried nlinum-mode from GNU ELPA? I hear it has better > performance and apparently fewer bugs. >> I do not understand this need to obsolete packages that perform >> perfectly well. Emacs often has multiple ways of achieving the >> same outcome, which is surely a positive. > It's good to reduce the volume of code we have to support over > time. > It would also help people land on a faster and better supported > alternative. Yes, I understand that and agree. From my perspective, I am disappointed that candidates for obsolescence seem to be chosen from libraries that are useful and not from morse, zone and the like. Best wishes,