Re: [gnu.org #1700388] Dead Link in the Autoconf manual

[Paul Eggert]

On 3/7/21 5:57 AM, Therese Godefroy via RT wrote:
> Since some people are still using the old manuals, it may be worth
> fixing them... or not.

I'd say "not". It'd be more hassle than it's worth, including the hassle 
of "rewriting history", which means we'd need some sort of version 
numbering scheme for the old manuals and that would cause further user 
confusion.

If this continues to be a problem we could stop publishing the old 
manuals and publish only the latest release. Not only would this lessen 
our maintenance burden, it would also help prevent people finding the 
old manuals by mistake via Google searches. A bit drastic tho.