proposal to omit pdf generation of reference manual

> At present for each release a pdf version of the reference manual
> is generated from Texinfo and posted to the Maxima web site.
> I wonder if it is OK if we stop generating pdfs and not worry about
> whether pdf generation succeeds.
> 
> Pdf generation is broken at the moment (in en, es, and pt) and
> I believe it is not worth the trouble to fix it. I believe html and info
> (which are generated successfully) are better formats for the
> Maxima reference manual.
>
> The pdf version of the manual is very large (circa 3 M) and so it is
> clumsy to browse online or download, and it has no content not
> present in the info or html versions.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> Robert

Hello,

I have spent a lot of time trying to fix problems with the Spanish
pdf's. At present, I have found new problems, but I can build the
document.

Personally, I never use this format in my daily work.

On the other hand, I suspect nobody prints the (about) 700 pages.
Ecologically speaking, let's save the woods of Brazil and other parts of
the world and let me second your proposal.

Best wishes.

-- 
Mario Rodriguez Riotorto
www.biomates.net