bug#57412: Could we make linum.el obsolete?

[Drew Adams]

> I do not understand this need to obsolete packages that perform
> perfectly well. Emacs often has multiple ways of achieving the same
> outcome, which is surely a positive.

Marie-Condo Complex?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Kondo

Nothing wrong with some wanting to declutter
their _own_ lives and living rooms.  Emacs is
everyone's living room.  The Emacs way would
be to provide decluttering user options, to
let users decide for themselves. ;-)