iso-accentuate is gone in git master, but sometimes it is still useful

[Uwe Brauer]

Hi

You may not believe it but even in 2021 I receive sometimes LaTeX files
from colleagues that use 
Estad'istica y C'alculo Num'erico.

Which can be compiled correctly. 

It is however a mess and should be converted to UTF8 or latin-1.

Now there are functions that convert 7bit to latin-1 or UTF8 for example 
iso-tex2iso from  ‘iso-cvt.el’.

The problem is that function requires \'o (which is standard latex
syntax).

There was until recently iso-accentuate from iso-acc that served this
purpose.

Any reason why it was removed?

I found 
etc/NEWS.22:*** iso-acc.el is now obsolete.  Use one of the latin input methods 
instead.

Well I understand the reasoning but for converting old files this is
still useful.

Any opinions

Regards

Uwe Brauer