GNU bug report logs - #57412
Could we make linum.el obsolete?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:09:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "m43cap <at> yandex.com" <m43cap <at> yandex.com>, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: "57412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <57412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, "monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca" <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#57412: Could we make linum.el obsolete?
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:18:28 +0000

> 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.

Marie-Condo Complex?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Kondo

Nothing wrong with some wanting to declutter
their _own_ lives and living rooms.  Emacs is
everyone's living room.  The Emacs way would
be to provide decluttering user options, to
let users decide for themselves. ;-)
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