Snipping most of this message, as it's stuff where either I agree or no response seems necessary.
On 12/13/22, G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Still, as long as the release notes mention the default line-length >> change, I think we're covered. It looks like the relevant NEWS item >> mentions that the default has _not_ changed for terminal output, but >> doesn't say anything concrete about the typeset default. > > No; I think I left that out because I wanted to leave myself some > freedom. 65cpl looks a little weird to me, especially if there is > no page offset. I'm not sure I follow: "65cpl" seems like a terminal measurement, not a typeset one, and "no page offset" is a property of its terminal output. The thing I was saying NEWS should mention is that for -me users targeting troff, the default line length has changed from (its long-entrenched historical) 6i to (the arguably saner) 6.5i.
