Re: Do we ever retire packages?
In article <[🔎] 199608271019.MAA10038@feivel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> you write:
>Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca writes:
>> May I humbly suggest that we establish some sort of policy regarding packages
>> that obsolete and can be retired?
>
>Yes, please!
>
>> I have argued before that a2ps and a2gs are effectively replaced by
>> genscript, and that we should remove them. I think a similar case could be
>> made for xosview as we now have procmeter.
>>
>> Opinions?
>
>Remove them.
I'm not so convinced; while I may agree that xosview is a complete
mess, I think the user should still have the choice as to whether to
use it or procmeter.
(S)
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