Adam Borowski <kilob...@angband.pl> writes: > I'd start with: > * dc: a RPN calculator is pretty esoteric, bc is for "normal people". > * db5.1-util: we're on db5.3, and I don't see much util here. > * m4: a really obscure language. Used basically only for autoconf scripts, > and that use is covered by autoconf's dependency. > * texinfo: 'info' should be enough for most uses.
+1 on these. > * telnet: dead for 19 years. Used only by those who misspell 'nc' and hope > for no 0xff bytes. > * wamerican: what use is a wordlist with no users? Both of these fall under the "anyone familiar with UNIX would go 'where the hell is X' if the package isn't installed" provision, I think. Yes, nc is better than telnet, but telnet is part of a *lot* of people's finger memory, and I think removing the package violates the principle of least surprise here. It's not very large. wamerican provides /usr/share/dict/words, which is widely used in a variety of strange places you wouldn't expect, like random test suites. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87ha0dlfw0....@hope.eyrie.org
