> > >> But with alias I feel we just removing them because we found a newer >> nicer name and as a user (especially another dev) removing an alias >> feels like they are removed because of pride/principle that since they >> are old they must be go away. > > This is really not my motivation, I do reject this sentiment and implicitly > pointing it like that towards me. Lets keep the discussion on the technical > side, not imply anything on the personal side.
Sorry, this was not meant to be on a personal level. I was more in the idea commenting that it might looks like that this being the main motivation since I find the other reasons not convincing. And external people external who will look it up and find the only reason in the git log that we added this alias 17 years ago and now remove it because it is old might get exactly the same sentiment. > What I do believe in is our role of maintaining this project. Which means we > need to clean up. Some clean-ups are big. Some are small. This patch is a > small one. Some times we keep options, some times we kick some out, some > times we migrate them to better alternatives. Yes. I would argue that here the benefit of keeping the option is small but the benefit of cleaning up is even smaller, so it should stay. Arne
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