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28.2; [Emacs Manual] Available PDFs are outdated/obsolete

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Message #34 received at 59258 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <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 [Emacs Manual] Available PDFs are outdated/obsolete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: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 09:41:31 +0200

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: rafaelbeirigo <at> gmail.com, 59258 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
> 	stefankangas <at> gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 20:15:35 -0500
> 
>   > > 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.

I'm not sure I understand.  Are you saying that we should suggest to the FSF
to make a new printing, on our own initiative?  If so, I don't think we are
aware of the FSF considerations for when they want to print the books again.
Every major Emacs release changes the manuals in fundamental ways, but does
the FSF indeed want to publish a new edition whenever a new major release of
Emacs is out (or maybe even when it's in final stages of pretest)?

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