> >> Regarding features that are overdue for removal according to
> >> feature-removal-schedule.txt:
> >>
> >> I remember that at least one person used to watch for due dates for
> >> feature removal, wrote the removing patches, and sent them to the
> >> appropriate lists and maintainers. This either got rid of the
> >> obsolete stuff, or it turned up reasons why some feature could not
> >> be removed just yet and how to update feature-removal-schedule.txt
> >> to correctly reflect that.
> >>
> >> So, as they say, Patches Are Welcome.
> >
> > that's a nice idea, but it doesn't address the problem that someone
> > might go to the trouble to create such a patch and send it in, only to
> > have that submission generate shrieking along the lines of "OHMIGOD,
> > we can't delete that *yet*!!!"
>
> You are absolutely right.
>
> We have to try to avoid this waste of resources when we put features
> into feature-removal-schedule.txt. That's what I meant with "the hard
> part" in the other post.
>
> BTW, of course it doesn't suffice to say "we can't remove it yet" after
> the due day. There need to be well-founded reasons for another
> deferral. Of course if there are such reasons, it means something went
> wrong when the feature was put into removal schedule. (Some facts
> weren't known.)
So when this sort of thing comes up, why can't somebody put together a
trivial patch to update feature-removal-schedule.txt? If a deadline is
reached, and a removal is attempted and aborted, the deadline should be
extended, obviously. So then the patches can be resubmitted (or recreated,
even) when the new deadline is reached, da capo.
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