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Not so technical, but your feedback is requested



We are soliciting opinions about removing the file /usr/share/misc/airports.  
The file might have been useful in past times, but in 2014 maybe not so much 
anymore.

Reasons are:

- The file is outdated compared to  IATA sources
- The information is available online and more complete/accurate there
- Why keep a local copy of thia very particular information when it is 
impractical to maintain?  FWIW,  there is also an ICAO list of airport codes; 
and an IATA list of tailway stations etc. do we have these?  No. So why keep a 
list of airports?
- Changes to this file have recently been used to make politcal statements, 
leading to data no longer being compatible with IATA listings.

(In my personal opinion, the file is almost always outdated, incomplete and 
otherwise more or less unusable.)



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