xc/programs considered harmful

[Stuart Kreitman]

Daniel:

While I share your preference for removing code as one of the
purest forms of programming ;-), I do not understand the motivation
for this request.  I use some of these programs all the time, sometimes
tweaking or borrowing for writing cheapo test cases and
would not appreciate having yet another broken pointer in my life.

If by "maintaining" you mean bug fixing, are there any bugs
recorded against any of these? (surely there must be some on xterm
in its long and speckled life).

skk


Daniel Stone wrote:

>Hi all,
>Does anyone realistically care about[0] the following directories:
>xc/programs/xterm
>xc/programs/xlogo
>xc/programs/xclock
>xc/programs/xeyes
>xc/programs/xbiff
>xc/programs/xcalc
>xc/programs/xedit
>xc/programs/xmessage
>xc/programs/xmh
>xc/programs/xman
>xc/programs/xrx
>xc/programs/xvidtune
>
>If no-one objects (read: steps in and starts maintaining the relevant
>program) to the removal of any of these, I would like to kick them from
>the tree ASAP.  They have no place in the tree as we move towards a
>monolithic structure, and at least one (xterm) has a very active
>upstream.  If xterm remains in the monolithic tree, it should be moved
>to extras/, along with lib/Xrender, lib/Xrandr, et al.
>
>Cheers,
>Daniel
>
>[0]: As in, volunteer to maintain.
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