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Drop non-normative CSS2 formats

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Description

From current CSS2: "This document is also available in these non-normative formats: plain text, gzip'ed tar file, zip file, gzip'ed PostScript, PDF. See also translations."

Given we haven't published anything else in any of these formats forever, I'd rather drop all of them (especially because I don't want to deal with any bugs in the PDF/PS generation!). If we publish any non-normative version, it should be a single-page edition of the spec.

If anyone objects, shout.

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Research direction

Inspect the current CSS2 document and its publication references for the listed non-normative formats: plain text, tar, zip, PostScript, and PDF. Remove those format references if they are still present, then verify that any remaining non-normative publication is limited to the intended single-page edition.

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Assessment

Tech stack
css
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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