> Shouldn't obsolete tools like these be removed from the newer linux kernels? It isn't in the kernel. That's the point: It's just one small file on the hard d

> Shouldn't obsolete tools like these be removed from the newer linux kernels? It isn't in the kernel. That's the point: It's just one small file on the hard drive, which barely takes up anyone's resources. It's trivial. > Or is there a significant population that still uses it directly or indirectly (using some tools that use ed)? We don't know. What we do know is that if an established distro suddenly released a version without any tools older than a certain date, it would result a political mess that would be a lot worse than any benefits the distro maintainers could get from removing a few files from their distro.