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    I can do that.  Do you want it done before the current release or
    after?

As soon as you can do it, we can use it.

    Is there a style guide for the manual?  For instance, I prefer active
    to passive voice when writing English because it makes for clear,
    short sentences that don't sound tentative.

I agree about that.

To the extent we have a style guide, it is the GNU coding standards.