I like it. If abort isn't obsolete or Kernel maybe it's System. 

On Jul 22, 2013, at 7:09 AM, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com> wrote:

> I like packages that are functionally related. Compression is an
> excellent example of this.
> 
> Exceptions is not. It's a bunch of things grouped together just
> because they do the same kind of thing.
> 
> I ripped a number of Exception's classes and put then in Kernel (the
> base of the exception handling system), Collections (because
> KeyNotFound's part of how Dictionary works), and so on.
> 
> The remaining exceptions are:
> * Abort.
> * EndOfStream (which looks unused),
> * ProgressNotification,
> * a bunch of Project notifications.
> 
> I propose we gut the Exceptions package:
> * move Project notifications to System,
> * move ProgressNotification to Kernel (I'd prefer a better place, but...),
> * move PickAFileToWriteNotification to MorphicExtras (where all its users live)
> 
> I don't know what to do with Abort. Sounds Kernel-ish, but there
> aren't any users.
> 
> This would empty Exceptions completely.
> 
> frank
>