Rich Reynolds wrote:
> IMHO this will generate a fork that is unnecessary or worse it codifies
> a previous fork, and is bad for the community.

There probably has to be a balance between that side of the argument and
the "if it's never installed or tested anywhere, then it certainly
doesn't work" side.

How useful is it to keep around sources that aren't being used and that
others maintaining the system are forced to update in the blind --
making source changes to keep up with private interface changes, when we
know the result can't possibly be tested?

Don't forget about source code management: if there are ever old bits
that you'd like to resurrect, they're no further away than "hg."  This
change is a removal just from the tip, not an Orwellian erasure of history.

-- 
James Carlson         42.703N 71.076W         <carls...@workingcode.com>
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