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Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID 60247757e0a94bd7013e89995e6d0161; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:26:42 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Kangas's message of "Mon, 11 Jul 2022 22:06:36 -0500") X-Mailer: WebService/1.1.20407 mail.backend.jedi.jws.acl:role.jedi.acl.token.atz.jws.hermes.yahoo X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:236778 Archived-At: Stefan Kangas writes: > Some of the games in Emacs look a bit dated. I put it to you that they > are not excellent promotion for Emacs, and that we are better served by > having fewer but better games. > > I suggest that we either remove some of them from the "Tools -> Games" > menu, or obsolete them outright. Here are the ones that I don't think > pass the bar: > > - 5x5.el > - blackbox.el > - gomoku.el > - pong.el > - solitaire.el I especially oppose obsoleting Le Solitaire, Pong, and Blackbox. As for the others, I think there's no point in ever declaring an amusement obsolete, especially since we haven't been getting any more lately. As for the menu, removing it seems to be a no-brainer, since games are not tools.