From: one...@cs.sfu.ca (Melissa O'Neill)
Subject: June 1st LaTeX(2e) release? When?
Date: 1995/06/13
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summary: Low calorie question, on a rich creamy background of fluff.
If I remember rightly, LaTeX 2e releases were supposed to happen at six
monthly intervals. Since the last one was December 1, I imagined I'd see
a June 1st one by now.
It's not like it matters that much, since LaTeX2e <1994/12/01> patch level 3
doesn't seem to be especially inreliable, it's more that I was just sort-of
expecting a new release about now...
Melissa.
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From: r...@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
Subject: Re: June 1st LaTeX(2e) release? When?
Date: 1995/06/15
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summary: A deeply serious answer to an apparently frivolous question
In article <1995Jun13.211529.14...@cs.sfu.ca>,
Melissa O'Neill <one...@cs.sfu.ca> wrote:
>If I remember rightly, LaTeX 2e releases were supposed to happen at six
>monthly intervals. Since the last one was December 1, I imagined I'd see
>a June 1st one by now.
Actually, if you look at the dates on the December 1 release, you'll
find that the earliest are from December 17.
The team have actually apologised (somewhere) for the delay.
>It's not like it matters that much, since LaTeX2e <1994/12/01> patch level 3
>doesn't seem to be especially inreliable, it's more that I was just sort-of
>expecting a new release about now...
Don't worry about it. It'll be posted in all the normal places when
it happens. Try subscribing to CTAN-ann (mail "subscribe CTAN-ann
<your name>" to lists...@shsu.edu) to add an entirely new dimension to
your life.
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From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbai...@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: LaTeX doc, new version of a package, for the 1995/06/01 release
Date: 1995/06/22
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I have updated the .dvi and .ps files of the LaTeX2e *guide series
(including the new modguide) at ftp.tex.ac.uk:/tex-archive/macros/latex/doc.
I've replaced previous real file of grfguide.ps with a link to the
file of that name in macros/latex/packages/grahics
The purpose of the doc directory is to enable people who don't (yet)
have LaTeX2e to read about its facilities before installing it.
A change to the specification of the \DeclareOption command means that
a few packages need to be updated. Tobias Oetiker is the first I know
of to get around to that (all authors have been notified), and I have
installed a new copy of his acronym.dtx in tex-archive/macros/latex/
contrib/supported/acronym here, too. Note that this new version has
the statement
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1995/06/01]
since the facilities it employs are new with the new release.
These installations should propagate to the other CTANs in due course.
Robin Fairbairns
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From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbai...@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: David Carlisle: LaTeX2e Patch level One
Date: 1995/07/02
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LaTeX2e <1995/06/01> patch level 1 Release
==========================================
Following the June LaTeX release, some bugs have been reported.
These have now been corrected by updating the following files on ctan.
The file patches.txt contains more information about the particular
bugs fixed.
unpacked/article.cls
unpacked/report.cls
unpacked/book.cls
unpacked/latex209.def
base/classes.dtx
base/latex209.dtx
base/ltpictur.dtx
base/patches.txt
base/ltpatch.ltx
If you have already obtained the June release of LaTeX you just need
to obtain the above files, and re-make the format by running initex on
latex.ltx. This should modify the startup banner from
LaTeX2e <1995/06/01>
to
LaTeX2e <1995/06/01> patch level 1
======================================================================
Since the June release three files in the graphics and tools bundles
have also been updated:
tools/layout.dtx
graphics/epsfig.dtx
graphics/graphicx.dtx
======================================================================
David Carlisle
LaTeX3 project
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