The old Java classes may be needed if old classes have been hardwired to test items as in very old versions of the GP or the recommendations of using new generic item class in newer versions were ignored. Also, old serialized results files that require old item classes need old classes installed to be able to print the results. To install old item classes, mark subsystems guinea.sw.obsolete (old item Java class files) and optionally guinea.web.obsolete (their manual pages) for installation in inst or swmgr.