I agree on the removal of the scripts directory, too. The issue is http://drupal.org/node/52575.

2006/8/14, Johan Forngren < johan@forngren.com>:
Neil Drumm wrote:
> Bčr Kessels wrote:
>> Would that be enough to remove the ./scripts/ completely? pleaaasse?
>
> A coherent non-begging reason that people agree upon. :)
Absolutely
>
> For example, the only scripts I didn't mention were cron-*.sh. Those
> could be either put in snippets in the cron setup documentation or
> removed if something like poormanscron were in core.
I'd say that the cron docs could be a very nice new home to those scripts.
>
> I didn't say any of that since I am not certain of the above ideas and
> to focus the discussion on something simple and doable.
>