[texcollection] TeX Collection upload from April 6

[Siep Kroonenberg]

On Wed, Apr 08, 2020 at 12:09:55PM +0200, Manfred Lotz wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 11:41:22 +0200
> Siep Kroonenberg <siepo at bitmuis.nl> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Apr 08, 2020 at 11:35:30AM +0200, Siep Kroonenberg wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 08, 2020 at 11:17:49AM +0200, Manfred Lotz wrote:  
> > > > On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 10:44:40 +0200
> > > > Siep Kroonenberg <siepo at bitmuis.nl> wrote:
> > > >   
> > > > > On Tue, Apr 07, 2020 at 08:59:00PM +0200, Siep Kroonenberg
> > > > > wrote:  
> > > > > > On Tue, Apr 07, 2020 at 01:02:03PM +0200, Siep Kroonenberg
> > > > > > wrote:    
> > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 07:20:16PM +0200, Manfred Lotz
> > > > > > > wrote:    
> > > > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > > > > Newest upload of TeX Collection from April 6 at
> > > > > > > > http://tug.org/~manfred/ contains latest fixes which (we
> > > redistributable dlls. As I wrote, many w7 users may not run into it.
> > > 
> > > Anyhow, w7 users have the workaround option to run protext/setup or
> > > texlive/install-tl-windows directly.
> > > 
> > > So it is fine with me if you decide to go ahead anyway.  
> > 
> 
> I was just asking. I am not the guy to decide anything regarding
> texlive. This is Karl and team.
> 
> Honestly, it sounds ok (and good) to me to say "we support is as long
> as it is not too much trouble...".
> 
> 
> > I forgot that it is also a w8 problem, which somewhat weakens the
> > case for ignoring. But still there is a workaround, and most w8
> > users will have moved to w10.
> > 
> 
> Yeah, as said this is Karl and team to decide if resp. what to do.

Me belonging to 'and team', I would be inclined to go ahead, since
the problem will probably impact only few users.

I am not really happy about it, but a new iso would be an
opportunity for new bugs to creep in, with not many people willing
to test this third iteration. But the final decision lies with Karl.

-- 
Siep Kroonenberg