[tex-live] natbib broken?

[Joseph Wright]

Arthur Ogawa wrote:
> On 2009-10-11, at 06:04 , Joseph Wright wrote:
> 
>> Edd Barrett wrote:
>>
>> ...the newer versions of natbib do proper checks on whether the bst 
>> file is author-date or numeric. The older natbib versions just change 
>> the citation style without telling you. There has been quite a bit of 
>> discussion of this!
> 
> I would be grateful to view the "quite a bit of discussion" on the 
> subject of what natbib does when the bst file is not compatible with 
> author-year citations. When a package like natbib changes its behavior 
> such that older documents produce an error, I am concerned.

It's popped up in various places (c.t.t., texhax, The LaTeX Community, 
etc.) Sorry I can't be more specific: I just know it's been mentioned.
--
Joseph Wright