Call for testing: TeX Collection 2022

[Manfred Lotz]

On 4/4/22 21:15, Siep Kroonenberg wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 02, 2022 at 08:50:03AM +0200, Manfred Lotz wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> The TeX Collection image for 2022 is available for testing from
>>      http://tug.org/~manfred
>>
>> Specifically
>>   http://tug.org/~manfred/texcol2022.iso
>>
>> Checksums are available as:
>>   http://tug.org/~manfred/texcol2022.iso.md5
>> or
>>   http://tug.org/~manfred/texcol2022.iso.sha512
>>
>> Important
>> ---------
>>
>> This year there is no ProTeXt on the DVD. Instead we have included a 
>> specifically prepared MiKTeX following the medium installation of TeX Live. 
> 
> Tested various combinations of multiuser/single user, miktex/texlive
> and windows 7/8/10/11, all on VM's except for one full multiuser TL
> installation on a bare-metal W10 21H2. No show stoppers but:
> 
> - Readme.txt in the root still mentions protext

All affected readmes and index files are updated now.

> - xelatex on miktex: required glyphlist package not on iso

Will ask Klaus if this could still be added.

>   but is present in the iso MT database, which presumably
>   is the full online database.
> - can somebody check whether setup.bat works on an up to date w8?
>   It did not on my w8 VM, which however is not up to date and has no
>   internet access either.
> - in some cases, both the MT and the TL uninstaller left some
>   traces behind.
> 

Thanks a lot for testing.


-- 
Manfred