On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 02:52:19PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Gavin Smith <[email protected]> > > Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:47:50 +0100 > > Cc: Patrice Dumas <[email protected]>, [email protected] > > > > > In general, removing features that were supported for a long time is > > > IMO harsh and should be rarely if ever done. But that's me. > > > > If I understand correctly, the functionality still would exist, and > > be provided by OUTPUT_ENCODING_NAME. > > One problem with that option is that it was added only very recently, > so you cannot use it in a Makefile unless you force the use of a very > recent Texinfo. Emacs, for example, supports old versions of Texinfo > all the way down to 4.12.
It appeared in 5.0, which is indeed more recent than 4.12, but still relatively old. -- Pat
