On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Bill Meahan wrote:

Which beta will be included in the released version of texlive 2012?

2012.05.24 19:36 (plus two or three minor changes from later versions)

Will other updates be included in texlive updates?

No. They might be included in TLContrib, but betas are often "a bit broken" and I find it very important to have a stable working version at least in TeX Live.

Just curious about how closely the texlive version (which I use) follows the beta version referred to on the list.

ConTeXt is updated only once per year for TeX Live, during TeX Live freeze period & short before a new release. Just enough to allow some testing. Bugs that are reported & easy to fix may see bugfixes in TeX Live, but betas as such won't propagate into TL. Also, if fonts that are being used by ConTeXt will be updated during the year, it might be desirable to update font names in ConTeXt in TeX Live as well. Mojca

On 06/27/2012 10:11, Mojca Miklavec wrote:

No. They might be included in TLContrib, but betas are often "a bit broken" and I find it very important to have a stable working version at least in TeX Live.

Bugs that are reported& easy to fix may see bugfixes in TeX Live, but betas as such won't propagate into TL. Also, if fonts that are being used by ConTeXt will be updated during the year, it might be desirable to update font names in ConTeXt in TeX Live as well.

Mojca

Great information. Over four decades of working on computers (hardware design through embedded OS creation through global corporate app development) have taught me to be wary of chasing "features" in The Latest and Greatest version of anything. :) Bug fixes are a different issue! I'm really beginning to love ConTeXt over LaTeX and I'm glad to see the extensive work you folks are doing to improve the product. -- Bill Meahan, Westland, Michigan USA “Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work.” —Anthony Powell This message is digitally signed with an X.509 certificate to prove it is from me and has not been altered since it was sent.

On 06/27/2012 11:22, luigi scarso wrote:

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Bill Meahan wrote:

You can also see an exotic extension of MKIV in http://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/2011-en/presentations/Scarso_2_2011

Yep. That is definitely exotic! My use-case has nothing to do with mathematics, I'm more interested in typesetting traditional prose according to various book designs. Also in publishing an organizational newsletter which has a fixed layout hence is amenable to using TeX rather than DTP. Terrific product that can handle both your usage and mine just as adroitly. -- Bill Meahan, Westland, Michigan USA “Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work.” —Anthony Powell This message is digitally signed with an X.509 certificate to prove it is from me and has not been altered since it was sent.