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[Patrick Dickey <pdickeybeta@xxxxxxxxx>]

Would it be possible to do a search through the .tex files for "13", and
if it's found then contact the appropriate author/editor to check into
it? I'm going on the assumption that it wouldn't be too difficult to do
this, of course.

Have a great day.:)
Patrick.

On Tue, 2013-08-13 at 12:16 -0700, Jim Connett wrote: 
> It is my opinion that both authors and editors should be looking out
> for this occurrence. Authors are really the first line of defense--as
> they determine if inclusion of a "13.10" reference is applicable in
> the section they are authoring, and if they choose to leave a
> reference to "Ubuntu 13.10" in place, then the editor(s) and author(s)
> of a given section can discuss and debate its inclusion. I would
> suspect this would resolve 98% of the issues.
> 
> Then, maybe during the indexing or final proofing, those responsible
> for the pre-release tasks can use their editor and globally search
> the .tex files for the string "13.". If he/she/they deem it
> unnecessary in context--for example, a 13.10 reference occurs where a
> reference to another version does not exist--then it can be deleted.
> 
> Hannie raises a great question, and as I stated earlier, I believe
> using the rev number should be very, very sparingly used, but like
> Kevin said, there may be a valid reason to use it. Therefore, I'd
> prefer to see the author<->editor<->final-proof process execute to
> resolve these issues...rather than blasting all 13.x references.
> 
> 
> Others?
> 
> --Jim
> 
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> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Carsten Gerlach <daswaldhorn@xxxxxx>
> wrote:
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>         Hi all,
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>         Am 13.08.2013 08:47, schrieb Hannie Dumoleyn: 
>         > To all authors and editors, I would suggest NOT to add the
>         version
>         > number if it is not absolutely necessary.
>         
>         
>         Yes, this sounds good. This would also avoid fuzzy strings in
>         the
>         translation.
>         
>         So, who will screen through the manual and remove these
>         version numbers?
>         
>         Greetings, Carsten
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