Deprecation of Random Groups

[Steve Allen]

Bill Cotton and Tim Pearson object to deprecation.  The text states
only that "its use for future applications has been deprecated".  This
says nothing against its use for existing applications.  Indeed, the
mere existence of section 7 appears to be acknowledgement that random
groups will always be acceptable as FITS.

Would another term with definition "should not be applied to any new
applications" be more acceptable?

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