[tex-live] TL2004 vs TL2003 change

[Olaf Weber]

David Kastrup writes:
> Gerben Wierda <Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl> writes:
>> One user reported:

>> Begin forwarded message:

>>> PS:  What was a bit unexpected was that the pagebreaks changed;
>>> which creates a bit of extra work for me, since I am in the final
>>> stages with the biggie, and nicely accommodating 250 floats can be a
>>> pain.  I am not complaining, am just surprised.

>> Should that have happened?

> Depends on what packages where used, and most importantly, whether the
> OP used the -src-specials option.  In the latter case, all bets are
> off: page breaks may change from version to version at their leasure,
> and of course also when compared to without the option.

> In TeXlive7, we even had indentation after chapter and section
> headings.

Or to put it differently, the -src-specials option is broken (affects
the layout in some cases).  Trying to fix it broke it in a different
and worse way, so those changes were backed out.  But it is still
broken, and it looks like it would require major surgery to tex to do
a comprehensive fix.

-- 
Olaf Weber

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