[$] Moving on from net-tools

Old habits die hard, even when support for the tools required by thosehabits ended over a decade ago. It is not surprising for users to cling tothe tools they learned early in their careers, even when they are told thatit is time to move on. A recent discussion on the Debian development list showed thesort of stress that this kind of inertia can put on a distribution andexplored the options that distributors have to try to nudge their userstoward more supportable solutions.