From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A proposal for removing obsolete packages Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:49:18 +0200 Message-ID: <838u3k9m5d.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83twmkkv16.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1453312170 19415 80.91.229.3 (20 Jan 2016 17:49:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:49:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: johnw@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca To: Andrew Hyatt Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 20 18:49:25 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aLwsl-0002AP-Ou for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:49:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44488 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aLwsk-0005vL-VB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:49:22 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50410) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aLwsh-0005tQ-27 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:49:19 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aLwsf-0001Hp-Vy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:49:18 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:56837) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aLwsb-0001Gr-9k; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:49:13 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3762 helo=HOME-C4E4A596F7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aLwsU-0001kH-EI; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:49:06 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Andrew Hyatt on Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:05:01 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:198444 Archived-At: > From: Andrew Hyatt > Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:05:01 +0000 > > Specifically, we can, at the start of a major release, put out a list of all > obsolete functionality that the maintainer feels is safe to delete, and ask if > anyone has objections to deleting them. I think all John (and Richard) are saying is that the person who puts out that list should him/herself make judgment calls about the items, and perhaps remove some of them from the list even without asking. As long as the removal is not done by a program, but by humans, I think considering each candidate before producing the list is a reasonable compromise.