ctan-ann July 2010

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Re: Serious error
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

very early this morning, i wrote: > just before midnight in cambridge, a serious incident happened on the > cambridge ctan node, resulting in the loss of much of the > macros/latex/contrib tree. because of the nature of the incident, the > losses propagated to the other ctan sites. > > i have since then been doggedly restoring stuff from backups (not easy, > since it involves juggling files across three machines), but at 0530, > i'm starting to fail. > > i've made quite a lot of headway, but there is stil much to do -- i > shall restart when i've had a bit of sleep. > > apologies to one and all. with much help from rainer schoepf, the ctan central archives are now entirely restored. i went to sleep last night turning over schemes to avoid this sort of thing in future, but i am of the opinion that while this particular problem should be avoidable, there are in general no absolute guarantees. i have for some time been designing a new archive setup for cambridge. i have added one new requirement, today: that recovery from backup should be easier (and hence faster) than i found it last night. once again, please accept my apologies for the troubles. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: Discourse Representation Structures (DRS)
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

the daemon calls while i'm otherwise engaged ... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: drs > Author's name: Alexis Dimitriadis > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/drs/ > Summary description: Commands to draw Discoure Representation Structures (DRS) > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package draws Discourse Representation Structures > (DRSs). It can draw embedded DRSs, if-then conditions and > quantificational “duplex conditions” (with a properly scaled > connecting diamond). Formatting parameters allow the user to > control the appearance and placement of DRSs, and of DRS > variables and conditions. i've installed the new package, and created a file describing it in the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/drs.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/drs/ the catalogue entry won't appear until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: gb4e
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

the daemon, cackling in anticipation of chaos to come, wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: gb4e > Author's name: Alexis Dimitriadis > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/gb4e > Summary description: An environment for linguistic examples > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The style file gb4e provides an environment for linguistic examples, a command > for glossed sentences, and a grab-bag of various other goodies. > > This is a bug-fix release, with no new features. If you use gb4e, > you should update to this version. > > Authors: Hans-Peter Kolb and Craig Thiersch thanks for the upload. i've installed the new version and made a minor change to the catalogue repository. the installation was delayed by the destruction of the m/l/contrib sub-tree last night. with a lot of help from rainer schoepf, the tree is now back and working. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/gb4e.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gb4e the change to the catalogue will happen some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Serious error
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

just before midnight in cambridge, a serious incident happened on the cambridge ctan node, resulting in the loss of much of the macros/latex/contrib tree. because of the nature of the incident, the losses propagated to the other ctan sites. i have since then been doggedly restoring stuff from backups (not easy, since it involves juggling files across three machines), but at 0530, i'm starting to fail. i've made quite a lot of headway, but there is stil much to do -- i shall restart when i've had a bit of sleep. apologies to one and all. robin fairbairns

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CTAN update: The Memoir class
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

the daemon writes: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: The Memoir class > Author's name: Lars Madsen > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ > Summary description: Latest updates for the memoir class > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Latest updates for the memoir class. > > Most notably several issues with hyperref have been fixed. > > Two changes that effects current documents: > (1) if in 'article' mode, the default page style is now 'plain', not 'headings' > (2) The toc precis text is no longer indented by default. A separate > macro has been added to control this > > Manual changes: We changed the manner in which we handle the manual > source at our end. This enables us to mark each chapter with > information as to when this chapter was last changed. This feature > relies on a yet unreleased version of svn-multi (that we have been > testing), and thus these markers are disabled in the supplied source > of the manual. thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/memoir.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ but the (minor) change to the catalogue won't appear until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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