Received: from mail.proteosys.com ([62.225.9.49]) by nummer-3.proteosys with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:25:30 +0100 Received: by mail.proteosys.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h13JPR6C019345 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:25:28 +0100 Received: from listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h13JCvtt009094; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:12:57 +0100 (MET) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C2CBBA.03543100" Received: from listserv (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.2/8.12.2/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id h133iQRb031075; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:05:10 +0100 Received: from LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 7701 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:05:10 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from relay.uni-heidelberg.de (relay.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.212]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.2/8.12.2/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id h13J5APw005430 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:05:10 +0100 Received: from mercury.open.ac.uk (mercury.open.ac.uk [137.108.128.150]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h13JCnXM018561 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:12:49 +0100 (MET) Received: from fell.open.ac.uk by mercury.open.ac.uk via SMTP Local (Mailer 3.1) with ESMTP; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:12:36 +0000 Received: (from car2@localhost) by fell.open.ac.uk (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) id TAA23439; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:12:22 GMT In-Reply-To: References: <15915.60496.798501.907773@lin2.idris.fr> <200301231843.18419.tim@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> <200301232130.53333.tim@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> <15920.36851.541750.964940@istrati.mittelbach-online.de> Return-Path: X-Mailer: VM 6.76 under Emacs 20.7.1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Feb 2003 19:25:30.0859 (UTC) FILETIME=[03D743B0:01C2CBBA] X-Authentication-Warning: fell.open.ac.uk: car2 set sender to car2@fell.open.ac.uk using -f X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.28 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) X-Spam-Score: -1 () IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_01_02,X_AUTH_WARNING Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: proposed change of policy Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:12:21 +0100 Message-ID: A<15934.48917.355277.812411@fell.open.ac.uk> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Re: proposed change of policy Thread-Index: AcLLugPylqbl6mCqRD2R6Z+CJxlQdQ== From: "Chris Rowley" To: Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4529 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2CBBA.03543100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apologies to those who get this message twice. I am attaching below a draft of the preliminary brief announcement that is to be circulated more widely sometime very soon. Please feel free to comment on its clarity/usefulness, but remember that it is supposed to be brief! A fuller version will also be published as soon as possible, containing, for example: -- more about e-TeX and other executables that provide these extensions (e-pdftex e-omega ...); -- more on the reasons for the changes; -- more `HOW-TO's; -- more about _possible_ futures, timings etc. Many thanks chris =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= From The LaTeX3 Team: maintainers of Standard LaTeX. LaTeX and e-TeX [Here, e-TeX means: e-TeX V 2 (but excluding the bi-directional TeX--XeT extensions provided by the e-TeX software).] Preamble -- There is a demand from current LaTeX2e package writers to use e-TeX features. -- Although e-TeX does not provide a lot of new features that can be directly used in documents, it does make a lot of LaTeX programming more robust, both directly and by supporting better and more efficient code production. -- For existing TeX documents, there are no incompatibilities between e-TeX and TeX. We are therefore announcing the following plans, which will be implemented during 2003: -- Although we have decided not to rewrite the 2e kernel to take advantage of features provided by e-TeX, we may provide packages that make use of e-TeX when it is available. -- We shall produce experimental packages that require the use of e-TeX (not including the TeX--XeT extensions). -- We wish to encourage package writers to use the features of e-TeX wherever it is appropriate to do so. We are therefore encouraging all TeX distributions (as soon as possible and certainly by 2004): -- to include an executable that provides the e-TeX features; -- to use this executable when making and running the LaTeX format; and/or to provide a configurable and straightforward way for a user to make the change to using such an `e-TeX compliant' executable. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2CBBA.03543100 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: proposed change of policy

Apologies to those who get this message twice.

I am attaching below a draft of the preliminary brief = announcement
that is to be circulated more widely sometime very = soon.  Please feel
free to comment on its clarity/usefulness, but = remember that it is
supposed to be brief!

A fuller version will also be published as soon as = possible,
containing, for example:

-- more about e-TeX and other executables that provide = these
   extensions (e-pdftex e-omega = ...);

-- more on the reasons for the changes;

-- more `HOW-TO's;

-- more about _possible_ futures, timings etc.


Many thanks


chris

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D
From The LaTeX3 Team: maintainers of Standard = LaTeX.

LaTeX and e-TeX
[Here, e-TeX means: e-TeX V 2 (but excluding the = bi-directional TeX--XeT
   extensions provided by the e-TeX = software).]


Preamble

-- There is a demand from current LaTeX2e package = writers to use e-TeX
   features.

-- Although e-TeX does not provide a lot of new = features that can be
   directly used in documents, it does make = a lot of LaTeX programming
   more robust, both directly and by = supporting better and more
   efficient code production.

-- For existing TeX documents, there are no = incompatibilities between
   e-TeX and TeX.


We are therefore announcing the following plans, which = will be
implemented during 2003:

-- Although we have decided not to rewrite the 2e = kernel to take
   advantage of features provided by e-TeX, = we may provide packages
   that make use of e-TeX when it is = available.

-- We shall produce experimental packages that require = the use of
   e-TeX (not including the TeX--XeT = extensions).

-- We wish to encourage package writers to use the = features of e-TeX
   wherever it is appropriate to do = so.


We are therefore encouraging all TeX distributions (as = soon as
possible and certainly by 2004):

-- to include an executable that provides the e-TeX = features;

-- to use this executable when making and running the = LaTeX format;
   and/or to provide a configurable and = straightforward way for a user
   to make the change to using such an = `e-TeX compliant' executable.

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