GNU bug report logs - #41009
Add release date to the title page of Emacs manual (PDF)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sebastian Urban <mrsebastianurban <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 20:20:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 41009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Sebastian Urban <mrsebastianurban <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 41009 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41009: Add release date to the title page of Emacs manual
 (PDF)
Date: Sat, 02 May 2020 09:05:16 +0300

> From: Sebastian Urban <mrsebastianurban <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 22:19:25 +0200
> 
> I would like to suggest adding a release date to the title page of PDF
> version of the Emacs manual.  Five variants below, are all simple
> change in EMACS.TEXI, and all would show date under the "EDITION
> Edition, Updated for Emacs Version VERSION" line on the title page
> (example in attached picture).

Is it customary to show release dates on printed books?  I don't think
I see that on title pages of a few books I tried.

And how will the "release date" be defined, and by whom?
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