From b1d03c5c541d8dd6fc2b0404a2b3c786cb26fb87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 01 2023 15:54:26 +0000
Subject: SourceURL: document that the forge" macros are deprecated / unmaintained


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diff --git a/guidelines/modules/ROOT/pages/SourceURL.adoc b/guidelines/modules/ROOT/pages/SourceURL.adoc
index 51bb955..227e5a8 100644
--- a/guidelines/modules/ROOT/pages/SourceURL.adoc
+++ b/guidelines/modules/ROOT/pages/SourceURL.adoc
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ This ensures the smallest source rpm to save space on the mirrors and downloads 
 
 == Using Forges (Hosted Revision Control)
 
+IMPORTANT: The _"forge"_ macros are deprecated, as they have been unmaintained since 2018.
+           They SHOULD NOT be used for new packages
+           (this does not apply to Go or Fonts packages,
+           where the _"forge"_ macros are only an internal implementation detail).
+
 Any software publishing website, permitting the download of source archives via normalized URLs,
 that can be deduced from a project root URL and version, commit, tag, scm, extension… values is a _“forge”_
 that can be supported by the `redhat-rpm-config` `+%{forgemeta}+` macro.