This is just the perspective of a user (even less: my _personal_ perspective).

Removing twm would be a mistake in my opinion. It is still pretty functional 
and, when correctly configured, useful for server maintenance. And having it 
available in stock X11 is a definitely a plus.

Cheers

On July 17, 2022 10:38:53 AM GMT+02:00, Matthieu Herrb <matth...@openbsd.org> 
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>twm(1) is the original X11R5 window manager. It has not been update to
>support any of the extended window manager hints and still only knows
>how to handle the legacy bitmapped fonts rendered by the X server.
>
>In ports we have x11/ctwm which, for people looking at legacy stuff, is
>superior ihmo.
>
>I'm suggesting here to drop twm from xenocara (ie xbase).
>
>Anyone willing to keep it around is welcome to submit a port for it.
>
>ok ?
>-- 
>Matthieu Herrb
>

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Alessandro De Laurenzis

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