[tex-live] windows testing

Norbert Preining preining at logic.at
Tue Nov 3 16:46:42 CET 2009


On Di, 03 Nov 2009, Philip TAYLOR wrote:
> to exercise the changed components if one is not told
> which components they are.  In the meantime, feedback

Most binaries. The test is simply if normal operation works as expected.

> In fact, my system is /not/ "set up to look on the disk for updates";
> under "Configuration", it is set to download from http://mirror.ctan.<etc>,
> but I had used the "Change" button to do a once-only update from the
> local mirror.  Thus the information reported in the update tab is
> 180 \degrees out of phase with reality.

Yes well, it checks only the *current source* (which you have changed
to someting on the disk). That can be improved, but later on.
But yes, you are right, it should only complain if the default setting
is set to disk, not if the current setting.

Would be great if you could remind me after release ...

> PdfTeX & PdfLaTeX continue to function as needed.

That is good to know.

>> but is there any reason -- obvious or otherwise -- why we testers
>> are not being told what changes have been made ? Is this meant
>> to be a single-blind trial, for example ?

No, it is simple that it is nothing user-visible, just newly compiled
binaries whcih should be tested, so that nothing stupid creeps in, like
the bug wher Karl forgot the -- infront on the --tries, etc.

Best wishes

Norbert

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