[tex-live] 2015 pretest

[jfbu]

Le 13 avr. 2015 at 09:53, Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists at gmail.com>  :

> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 9:43 AM, jfbu wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I wanted to try out the TL2015 pretest,
>> 
>> but I don't understand the situation with binaries, for example in
>> 
>> /Users/???/Downloads/TL2015/bin/x86_64-darwin
>> 
>> I have
>> 
>> ttys000:Downloads (09:36)$ ls -l TL2015/bin/x86_64-darwin/xetex
>> -rwx------  1 ??? ????  19431216 22 mai  2014 TL2015/bin/x86_64-darwin/xetex
>> 
>> which is the TL2014 (not 2015) binary
> 
> True. The tlpretest repository for 2015 hasn't even been announced
> anywhere yet and it is not yet ready.
> Most "TL 2015" binaries haven't even been compiled yet.
> 
> If you want to experiment, you need to wait for at least a couple of
> days (or more).
> 
> Mojca

ah, thanks for the quick explanation

I was following 

> Plan for TeX Live 2015: 
> 13mar: sources committed, builds begin. 
> 10apr: tlnet (and TL'14) frozen, tlpretest starts, CTAN updates continue there. 
> 8may: complete code freeze for final build. 
> 15may: final updates from CTAN, final doc tweaks. 
> 22may: deliver TL image for TeX Collection packaging/testing. 
> 5jun: deliver TeX Collection DVD image for manufacturing. 
> 12jun: public release (also of MacTeX). 
> July?: delivery of DVDs to members.

which I found on tug.org page

I didn't know tlpretest had not started, the schedule lists it with
a link for how to proceed, 

best

Jean-Francois