[tex-live] TeXLive Manager (numbers)

Robin Fairbairns Robin.Fairbairns at cl.cam.ac.uk
Mon Sep 8 01:01:39 CEST 2008


Victor Ivrii <vivrii at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Karl Berry <karl at freefriends.org> wrote:
> >    There should be a special mechanism to report:
> >
> > I don't see the need for a special mechanism (and doubt many people
> > would figure out how to do anything "special").  Just email the list.
> > We read it :).
> >
> 
> OK, I hope you know what you are asking for (evil chuckle)
> 
> 1) asymptote.sty, neither in TL, nor on CTAN, installs by asymptote
> (similar to gnuplot)
> http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=asymptote

i've asked the asymptote people to upload, and they've not responded.

> 2) attachfile (of Scott Pakin)
> TL:      [2007/01/15 v1.3 PDF 1.3+ file attachment]
> CTAN:  [2008/08/15 v1.3a PDF 1.3+ file attachment]
> 
> 3) bbding
> 
> TL:   [1996/06/21 v1.0 Dingbats symbols%
> CTAN  [1999/04/15 v1.01 Dingbats symbols%
> 
> 4)  caption
> 
> TL [2008/04/01 v3.1h Customizing captions (AR)]
> CTAN [2008/08/24 v3.1j Customizing captions (AR)]

note ctan date: will no doubt be wrapped up sooner rather than later.

> 5) elatex: Missing on TL, is on CTAN

what do you mean?  elatex was renamed etoolbox: from the catalogue svn log:

  r9100 | robin | 2007-10-08 17:17:20 +0100 (Mon, 08 Oct 2007) | 1 line

  redone from elatex entry, after renaming

> 6) biblatex: Missing on TL, is on CTAN

lehman specifically asked that this should be so.

> 7) fancytooltips: version coincide but in TL graphics files are missing
> -rw-rw-r--   1 ivrii  ivrii    953 Feb 24  2007 fancytipmark.eps
> -rw-rw-r--   1 ivrii  ivrii   1454 Feb 24  2007 fancytipmark.pdf
> -rw-rw-r--   1 ivrii  ivrii   2514 Feb 24  2007 fancytipmark.svg
> 
> 8)  memoir/memhfix:
> 
> CTAN < \ProvidesPackage{memhfixc}[2008/08/23 v1.10 nameref/hyperref
> package fixes for memoir class]
> ---
> TL > \ProvidesPackage{memhfixc}[2006/11/22 v1.9 nameref/hyperref
> package fixes for memoir class]

the memoir distribution is confusing; i've asked peter to rearrange.

(this latest, very recent, update arrived while i was *very* ill, and i
made a mess of the installation.)

> 9) mmap
> 
> CTAN < \ProvidesPackage{mmap}[2008/08/11 v1.03 CMAP support for math in PDF]
> ---
> TL > \ProvidesPackage{mmap}[2008/07/08 v1.02 CMAP support for math in PDF]

that was installed on ctan much later than the date would imply (again,
something i installed several days after being asked to install).

> 10) pax
> http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pax/
> 
> missing in TL

comprehension missing in my mind; i'm not surprised.  does tl hold java
programs at all?

> 11) ps4pdf
> http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/

actually http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/obsolete/macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/

> missing in TL

superseded by pst-pdf (we were explicitly asked to mark ps4pdf
obsolete).

these things rush by so quickly, it probably appeared and disappeared
before tl noticed.  there are at least two new ones...

> 12) pstool
> http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pstool/
> 
> missing in TL

so new, it's not surprising.

robin


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