[OS X TeX] MacTeX-2008 Status

[Gary L. Gray]

On Sep 3, 2008, at 12:55 AM, Richard Koch wrote:

> Folks,
>
> A few TUG sites are beginning to get MacTeX-2008. I suspect that  
> we'll be able to make the download links active tomorrow or the next  
> day. In the meantime, there is now a BitTorrent site for the update  
> if you have a BitTorrent client. The URL is
>
> 	http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4375814
>
> I don't know anything about BitTorrent, so asking me questions is  
> hopeless. If you don't know BitTorrent, but go to the site hoping to  
> find a standard download button, you'll be disappointed.  And be  
> prepared to look at some risqué ads.
>
> Dick

Thanks for letting us know Dick. It appears that Penn State's CTAN  
mirror got it yesterday afternoon and I just downloaded it at about 9  
MB/s via ftp. :-)

-- Gary

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