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[Hannie Dumoleyn <lafeber-dumoleyn2@xxxxxxxxx>]

I would opt for the suggestion made by Jim. Let authors/editors decide
whether or not to remove the version number. During the final phase one
of us can go through the manual to check those chapters/sections that
had no author.
Hannie

Op 14-08-13 19:17, Patrick Dickey schreef:
> 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:
> Hi all,
>
> 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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