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LuaTeX 1.08 2018-08-28

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(1) This release is a prelude to 1.10, the next stable iteration of LuaTeX

after version 1.00.

(2) Lua 5.3 is now considered to be default and we might use 5.4 in version

1.10. There are no real functional changed expected. You still need to rename

the binary for 5.3!

(3) Binary mode is no longer available in MPlib but it is still available in

stand alone MetaPost. This simplifies compilation and reduces dependencies.

(4) The dependency on Poppler for pdf image inclusion has been removed. We

now use a small dedicated library written by Pawel Jakowski. We no longer

need c++ compilers. We're in the process of making it behave well on all

platforms. It has been tested on intel platforms.

(5) We know that there can be some (alignment) issues with the arm platform

but these are looked into. Therefore, later this year we will release 1.09.

Version 1.10 is planned for TeXlive. We hope that ffi works ok on intel and

arm platforms at that point.

(6) There have been some extensions to the Lua libraries and some callbacks

have been added. Also, a few new primitives have been introduced. The

documentation mentions the stable extensions.

(7) There are the usual bug fixes and cleanups but there have been no real

fundamental changes in the API.

The LuaTeX team