Don't \input boilerplate.tex, fill in the real stuff. 3rd party
documents probably aren't written by Guido. ;-)
diff --git a/Doc/templates/manual.tex b/Doc/templates/manual.tex
index 905871d..a8c8ec2 100644
--- a/Doc/templates/manual.tex
+++ b/Doc/templates/manual.tex
@@ -2,7 +2,24 @@
\title{Big Python Manual}
-\input{boilerplate}
+\author{Your Name Here}
+
+% Please at least include a long-lived email address;
+% the rest is at your discretion.
+\authoraddress{
+ Organization name, if applicable \\
+ Street address, if you want to use it \\
+ E-mail: \email{your-email@your.domain}
+}
+
+\date{April 30, 1999} % update before release!
+ % Use an explicit date so that reformatting
+ % doesn't cause a new date to be used. Setting
+ % the date to \today can be used during draft
+ % stages to make it easier to handle versions.
+
+\release{x.y} % release version; this is used to define the
+ % \version macro
\makeindex % tell \index to actually write the .idx file
\makemodindex % If this contains a lot of module sections.