open(1) removed from Debian? (was: 'open' instead of 'xdg-open' for usability?)

[Ma Xiaojun]

Hi, List:

I admittedly like the usage of "open" command in OS X (maybe Haiku also).

As far as I know, neither POSIX nor LSB mentions open(1) at all. It is
not a goal for toybox project either:
http://www.landley.net/toybox/status.html
In other words, it is not a standard and no one uses it.

The good news is now that, console-tools, the package provides open(1)
in Debian, is being removed recently, if I understand correctly:
http://packages.qa.debian.org/c/console-tools.html