From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#56510: Make some games obsolete (or just remove them from the menu) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:09:56 +0200 Message-ID: <87tu7mxysb.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="27205"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 56510@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 12 15:17:32 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oBFlb-0006m9-9e for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:17:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42592 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oBFla-0000sq-9u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:17:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60932) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oBFfK-0005Cj-8g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:11:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:48020) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oBFfJ-0004qE-Ve for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:11:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oBFfJ-0001l8-RL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:11:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:11:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 56510 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 56510-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B56510.16576314086672 (code B ref 56510); Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:11:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 56510) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Jul 2022 13:10:08 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41916 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oBFeS-0001jX-5g for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:10:08 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:36946) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oBFeP-0001ip-8h for 56510@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:10:06 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:References: In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=48cyjPzbb+fUOljR0PVYN9U9yMOcqn6UEgVBeBlhdXo=; b=vUX201b8dNBGLLrYkMEpR0kVOi oDcVhb6wshVobnGdcvWLwpXEbmUQJqj1B2X0F7FRQCnoAUL88aF+7Y3BWcOIYQnWe8FuONhjnsjxv XQhnluJca0rOSl60OTxTPjwT+R7NtqL5QB0yx7NoiwsGW8UMVQbLbuMNe39CvIz5WqwE=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=joga) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oBFeG-0007cB-Sc; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:09:59 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Kangas's message of "Mon, 11 Jul 2022 22:06:36 -0500") X-Now-Playing: Sia's _The Versions_: "Manchild" 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:236765 Archived-At: Stefan Kangas writes: > 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 think pong is vaguely amusing (but it needs fixing -- it doesn't work well by default since it uses a too-wide buffer). I think removing the rest from the menu might make sense, because they sure aren't pretty. > I also ask if these games/libraries are really pulling their weight: > > - animate.el > - handwrite.el > - studly.el I think keeping those for amusement value is worth it. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no