GNU bug report logs - #59258
28.2; [Emacs Manual] Available PDFs are outdated/obsolete

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Rafael Beirigo <rafaelbeirigo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 23:15:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.2

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #31 received at 59258 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rafaelbeirigo <at> gmail.com, 59258 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#59258: 28.2;
 [Emacs Manual] Available PDFs are outdated/obsolete
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 20:15:35 -0500

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  > > It would be good for the maintainers to talk with the FSF about when
  > > to publish a new paper edition.

  > It's usually the other way around: when the FSF is about to publish a
  > new version of some Emacs manual, someone from the FSF contacts us and
  > asks to produce a specially-formatted PDF file.

I know.  But even if they are not about to reprint, we might want to
suggest printing a newer edition corresponding to Emacs 29.

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