xc/programs considered harmful

[Alan Coopersmith]

Kevin E Martin wrote:
> I think a better proposal would be to map out a
> transition plan, keep the old monolithic tree around until the
> transition is complete, and then deprecate it after we've shown that a
> modular release is just as stable and reliable as the old monolithic
> ones (or hopefully much more stable with better features).

I agree.   I could also agree to a plan which called for starting out
by declaring no new programs be added to the tree, and those like the
ones Daniel suggested are "frozen" or only changed by importing changes
from the modular tree.

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