Re: Versions of Emacs Manuals on web

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden,
>       address@hidden, address@hidden
> Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 23:42:16 -0400
> 
>   > AFAICT, we provide only one version of the manual on gnu.org.  Maybe we
>   > should have a copy for each version, with pointers between them....
> 
>   > For example, Python does a good job at that: https://docs.python.org/3/
> 
>   > Another idea would be to add a brief note to the top of every page along
>   > the lines of: "This is the web version of the GNU Emacs manual for
>   > version 27.1.  It may or may not correspond to the version of Emacs you
>   > have installed.  You can always read the manual in Emacs with the
>   > command C-h i (press CTRL-h and then i)."
> 
> They both sound good to me.  Does anyone propose a reason
> why one of these should not be done?

I think the main improvement is from providing a link to get old
versions of the manual.  The other alternative cannot hurt, but it is
less useful, especially if I visit the site in a Web browser.