Re: A proposal for removing obsolete packages

[Richard Stallman]

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  >   Someone will have to, at the right time, make an
  > argument that the code should be removed, and be willing to advocate for
  > it.  This is too high a burden for code that's been in obsolete for years.
  > I think the burden should be on people to advocate for it's continued
  > existence.

(You mean "its", not "it's".)

I disagree.  Deleting something that people once used
should not be semiautomatic.

How about proposing some obsolete features for deletion
and we can think about deleting them in Emacs 25.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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