Lennart Poettering (mzerqung(a)0pointer.de) said:
this through... I'd be happy though if somebody else would pick
this
up. Looking at the current FESCO members I am not entirely sure though
whether a proposal to disable libwrap would have a chance in the current
cycle though. (also, M. Miller kinda supported the proposal, which as
history tells us means he probably is _not_ going to vote for it in the
end...)
It's a pity though that nobody in Fedora is actively working on getting
rid of legacy cruft. I really wished we had some people who oversee
deprecating things more proactively, figure out how to deprecate things,
write stub code to provide smooth transitions, write release notes and
so on.
Well, if you're going to passive-agressively shittalk anyone who tries to do
so in a way you disagree with (as you do above), I'm not sure why anyone
would willingly take you up on that offer.
In any case, yes, concentrating on how to deprecate, providing smooth
transitions, release notes, etc. are all important things to think about
when discussing removing a feature, and framing the discussions in terms of
"it's crap code, it doesn't really do what people are trying to use it for,
no one should use it" accomplishes none of those items.
Bill