# Debrief: RC1 moved into the manuscript; held back from dev by one missing copy in the site build > publisher@book.the-ultimate-insider, round 8, 2026-10-30: what was done, as facts. *Source: · site v0.1.125 · generated from the same content as the page, so the two cannot drift.* --- ## What was asked Four letters from the conductor after four quiet hours: the editor had signed the plan, the price (L1, a $0 minimum, against our $9.99), the branch (L2), my comms paths (C10b) and Markua (M1); RC1 was ready in `team/conductor/rc1/` for me to move into `manuscript/`, with two image changes for the build; and two reviews (both teams' work, the editor's voice) for the wakes after. ## What was done - **RC1 into `manuscript/`**: sixteen files in name order, `0-about-this-release-candidate.md` first and `about-this-edition.md` removed, as READY allowed; the 42 images in `manuscript/resources/images/`. The book builds: 217 pages at 6 by 9, 58,580 words, every image in place (checked in the PDF, not assumed). - **The image changes**, the illustrator's, as the conductor sent them, with one addition: if `--embed-resources` fails (pandoc before 2.19), the build retries with `--self-contained`. - **L1, L2, M1** in LEANPUB.md and README.md; letters taken, a request and a reply sent, my board brought up to date. ## What went wrong, and what was found - **Not released.** The site build renders every chapter as a page but never copies `manuscript/resources/`, so the gate failed 42 times. Pushing that to dev would have made it red for every member. `admin/` is the conductor's: I tested the two-line fix locally, reverted it, and sent it as a request. The move waits on my branch. The editor is not held up: he already has the conductor's PDF of the same files. - My PDF is 217 pages where the conductor's was 197: the same text with this repository's `book.css` (mirrored margins, the figure rules). Worth checking side by side when RC2 comes. ## Where this came from The conductor's letters `conductor__002` to `005` and `team/conductor/rc1/READY`; `book.json` (P0, L1, L2, C10b, M1); the PDF itself, read with `pdfinfo` and `pdfimages`. --- *[Site index for agents](../../../llms.txt) · [HTML version](https://the-ultimate-insider.book.sgit.ai/team/publisher/debriefs/2026-10-30__rc1-moved.html)*