[tex-live] pst-pdf in next TeXlive?

Robin Fairbairns Robin.Fairbairns at cl.cam.ac.uk
Thu Jul 13 00:22:31 CEST 2006


> Hi Herbert and all,
> 
>     should be replaced by pst-pdf, the other package is obsolete.
> 
> Well, ok, I did that in TL.  But:
> 
> - is pst-pdf related to pstricks, other than you maintaining both?
>   If not, the name pst-pdf seems rather misleading.  (Plus the TUGboat
>   article you wrote talked about ps4pdf. :)
>   
> - can you tell CTAN to move macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ to obsolete/ and
>   leave behind a symlink to pst-pdf?  There's no reason someone would
>   know to look in pstricks otherwise.

it's not herbert's to move: rolf niepraschk is the author (he's also
co-author of pst-pdf).

i hacked at the catalogue entry to point people in the direction of
pst-pdf, but that doesn't necessarily help.


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