Subject: Re: bug#56461: Make net/rlogin.el obsolete

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 14:35:38 +0300

> Cc: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>, Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>,
>  [email-masked]
> From: Robert Pluim <[email-masked]>
> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 12:42:41 +0200
> 
> >>>>> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 12:34:31 +0200, Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]> said:
> 
>     Lars> Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]> writes:
>     >> I guess net/rlogin.el should be obsoleted.  It has a pretty bad name (no
>     >> one uses rlogin these days) and seems to add nothing useful over
>     >> e.g. `M-x shell RET ssh <foo>'.
> 
>     Lars> Yes, I agree -- it should be obsoleted.
> 
> How about we just remove it? I know it defaults to using ssh these
> days, but we just shouldnʼt mention the r* commands anywhere.

We don't remove stuff before we obsolete it and let users adapt
themselves (or holler).