[Bug 235223] Removal of RCS from base system

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            Bug ID: 235223
           Summary: Removal of RCS from base system
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Keywords: pkgbase
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Website
          Assignee: doc at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: bmeyer at mesoft.com.au

Removal of a components from the base system is ok, *PROVIDED* that you note it
in the release notes - in the case of GROFF and RCS for the 12.x release it
isn't, and may come as a really nasty surprise on system builds which actually
have a requirement for those somewhat archaic tools (yes some stuff in the wild
may still use them).  

DO NOT SURPRISE THE USERS!  ... that is a *BAD THING* (Tm).  

Can you please updated the 12.x release notes to indicate that the following
have been removed from the base system, and replaced by a port.  

RCS - Add via ports/devel/rcs
GROFF - Add via ports/textproc/groff

(you will need to double check the above ports)

There is probably other things, but these are the ones that I "found" when
regression testing the 12.x release on a rebuilt server image and with tools
that actually use those toolchains (naturally, a lot of stuff broke pretty
spectacularly and it was a case of WTF before trawling through the forums and
changes to work out what the heck has happened).

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