[bug #57622] [PATCH] doc-old.tmac-u: Remove a superfluous "end of a macro" (..)

[G. Branden Robinson]

Update of bug #57622 (project groff):

                  Status:                    None => Confirmed              

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Follow-up Comment #6:



[comment #5 comment #5:]
> I don't have an opinion on doc-old.tmac in particular, but I agree with the
general sentiment that code distributed with modern groff releases should be
intended to be used.  So any code not fitting that expectation could
reasonably be removed.

Thanks, Dave.

That's three votes in favor of mothballing it, all from regular development
list participants.  That's a roaring consensus by our sleepy standards.
 
> If appropriate, maybe a line in the release notes could explain how to
retrieve the last version of the file from git, or whatever archive seems most
definitive.

Yes; I think noting it in the NEWS file ("for reconstruction of historical
documents") could point people to the groff 1.22.4 release archive for
that--that's going to be readily available for many years, judging by
<https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/old/>.  (Even the non-"old" release archives
date back to 2009.)

Ingo, would you like to do the removal honors?  I can field the NEWS thing.

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