Re: [dev-context] TeXLive 2006

Hi all, On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 15:47:39 -0700, Martin Schröder wrote:

2006/12/10, Taco Hoekwater :

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In fact, I believe we should consider retracting ConTeXt from TeXLive perminently (for TL2007, we have already made promises for TL2006).

If ConTeXt would be removed from TL, this would be a very sad day for the TeX community (and maybe TL should be renamed to LaTeXLive then).

Actually I disagree that this is a sad day. Au contraire, ConTeXt and LaTeX are becoming such different beasts that I actually look forward to the day when I can install ConTeXt on its own and install LaTeX on its own as completely separate systems with no overlap or clashes. There is still some overlap now (which gives the illusion of symbiosis) but in my view the sooner ConTeXt becomes its own the better. There will always be cooperation at the engine level but lets sharply distinguish the TeX engine, LaTeX, and ConTeXt. There should be eg. an agnostic common TeX engine, a LaTeXLive, and a ConTeXtLive. I don't want to see Hans and Taco wasting time with a non-working symbiosis. We have too many things that need to get done. Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/