Re: [PATCH] remove obsolete functions

[dana <dana@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue 30 Jun 2026, at 02:28, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> This one's called geeqie these days (I think it's technically a fork,
> but it takes the same options).

we could just update it then

On Tue 30 Jun 2026, at 07:46, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> I can see where Bart is coming from with his reservations but in 25 years
> nobody has been inspired to use it.

that was my thinking. it's a cute idea, and i appreciate the work that
went into it, but if nobody wants to use or maintain it...

On Tue 30 Jun 2026, at 07:46, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> Is github.com/xi/cplay-ng/ incompatible?

that was one i looked at, and no, it doesn't take cli options at all

On Tue 30 Jun 2026, at 07:46, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> I use this regularly.

let's keep then

On Tue 30 Jun 2026, at 07:46, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> I was going to suggest adding it to the compdef line of _webbrowser but
> actually, it'd be better to strip that down to little more than dillo,
> konquerer and opera. Perhaps adding other newer browsers but only if they
> actually accept filenames and URLs as arguments.

agree. maybe i'll look at that later. firefox still seems covered by
_mozilla but it could probably be modernised. and we could add pale moon
and whatever other forks

On Tue 30 Jun 2026, at 07:46, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> _rebootin - from the Mandriva directory.

i considered this one but i wasn't sure. openmandriva is still a thing,
and mageia, but i couldn't figure out if they still have this. it's hard
to search for

On Tue 30 Jun 2026, at 07:46, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> _urpmi - and Mandriva appears to have ceased.

urpmi is still used by mageia and maybe a few other (very) minor
distributions, but i'm not sure what state it's in

On Tue 30 Jun 2026, at 07:46, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> _mondo - mondoarchive, some backup utility that I can't find anymore

i looked at this one too, it's http://mondorescue.org/, last updated
2024 according to that. but i can't find it packaged anywhere either,
and most search-engine results are from a decade ago

On Tue 30 Jun 2026, at 07:46, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> _totd - ancient man pages again the only reference

it's still in freebsd ports. last updated 2023

On Tue 30 Jun 2026, at 07:46, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> My incomplete list of things to move to Contrib was as follows.

out of those xmms2, zypper, and growisofs stand out, but not sure what
state they're in. it wouldn't bother me personally, anyway

On Tue 30 Jun 2026, at 07:46, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> An alternative would be to offload these onto the zsh-completions project. From
> them, I would poach _age and _nano which are both ZSH licenced.

i added a _nano (independently developed) in w/54501

On Tue 30 Jun 2026, at 07:46, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> My file also included notes on renames/moves.

agreed with all of these. openindiana still has the old solaris package
tools, though, so probably keep for now

i also wanted to ask about Completion/AIX/. i assume you're the most
knowledgeable about that. are they still relevant?

On Tue 30 Jun 2026, at 07:46, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> I would also suggest that none of these removals be applied to the
> stable 5.9 branch. Not sure if you intended that.

yeah i wouldn't

dana