xc/programs considered harmful

[Egbert Eich]

Daniel Stone writes:
 > Hi all,
 > Does anyone realistically care about[0] the following directories:
 > xc/programs/xterm
 > xc/programs/xlogo
 > xc/programs/xclock
 > xc/programs/xeyes
 > xc/programs/xbiff
 > xc/programs/xcalc
 > xc/programs/xedit
 > xc/programs/xmessage
 > xc/programs/xmh
 > xc/programs/xman
 > xc/programs/xrx
 > xc/programs/xvidtune
 > 
 > If no-one objects (read: steps in and starts maintaining the relevant
 > program) to the removal of any of these, I would like to kick them from
 > the tree ASAP.  They have no place in the tree as we move towards a
 > monolithic structure, and at least one (xterm) has a very active
 > upstream.  If xterm remains in the monolithic tree, it should be moved
 > to extras/, along with lib/Xrender, lib/Xrandr, et al.
 > 

I do object. 
I would like to preserve the monolithic tree and it's structure as long
as people are using it. 
Instead I would suggest to make building of these bits configurable.

Egbert.