Subject: Re: bug#57412: Could we make linum.el obsolete?

From: Colin Baxter <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 09:20:32 +0100

>>>>> Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]> writes:

    > Severity: wishlist Is there any reason to keep linum.el around any
    > longer, or could it be marked obsolete in favor of
    > `display-line-numbers-mode'?

    > Given our obsoletion policy, it would still be around for another
    > decade, which should give users plenty of time to adapt.

Please do not obsolete this. I do not like display-line-numbers-mode,
preferring line numbers in the margin. There must be other users
similarly inclined.

I do not understand this need to obsolete packages that perform
perfectly well. Emacs often has multiple ways of achieving the same
outcome, which is surely a positive.

Best wishes,