Remove ping module from core

I'm 100% up for this. The attached patch might do it. I'm not too sure how removing directories works with CVS.

Hmm. I'm all for this.

There's a mention of ping module in a user-facing description in system.module, though, along with a mention in INSTALL.txt, and seems like this would be CHANGELOG.txt worthy.

Here's a patch that actually goes the extra mile of removing modules/ping/*. It can't remove the directory itself though... but then, directories can't be deleted from CVS (which is why you're using update -P - to prune empty directories from the working repository).

Out of curiosity, is this a situation like drupal.module? That is, is there another recommended alternative already in contrib or will a volunteer be recruited to check the current ping.module into contrib under a new name?

@keith.smith: Catch suggested the MultiPing module as a related module. At a quick glance it looks like this module covers everything that the ping module did, and more...

I put a note in the Multiping issue queue about keeping Multiping up to date with Drupal core releases so that people who use the Ping module can move to Multiping.

applies cleanly and does the job.

Wow, you guys are fast to remove stuff. ;-) I've committed this patch to CVS HEAD. Thanks all.

Ping.module should also be removed as a component of the Drupal project.

People still need to be able to file bugs against D5's ping.module.

(Also, drupal.module is still listed as a component. I don't know the reasoning behind this, but it makes sense to me to keep old components, as long as the old versions which do have the components are also listed.)