the daemon cries (frustrated that he's no more for me, this morning...)
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: biblatex-ieee
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-ieee
> Summary description: A biblatex implementation of the IEEE bibliography style
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v1.0:
> - First stable release (.bbx file from v0.9a)
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex-ieee.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-ieee
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
here comes that daemon ... do you hear him muttering?
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: biblatex-nature
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-nature
> Summary description: A biblatex implementation of the Nature bibliography style
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v1.1:
> - Rework styles to follow core biblatex styles more closely
> - Locations and volumes printed in more cases, where
> Nature seems to allow this
> - Rearrange CTAN/TDS locations to reduce unnecessary folder
> use
>
> This version requires biblatex v1.2 or higher.
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the
catalogue repository, somewhat
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex-nature.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-nature/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon greeted me (after i came home from a food-shopping trip):
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: tabu (v2.8)
> Author's name: Florent CHERVET
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/tabu
> Summary description: Flexible LaTeX tabulars
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> . Bug in {longtabu*} the starred form of the environment
> {longtabu} which used scantokens to insert verbatim
> text.
>
> Fixed after Ahmed Musa bug report.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/tabu (v2.8).html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tabu
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon told me, when i woke up this morning.
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: fontspec
> Author's name: Will Robertson
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/fontspec
> Summary description: Advanced font selection in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Right before the start of a busy semester, I'm happy to release a small
> improvement to fontspec for probably the last time in quick a while:
>
> Changes introduced in the new version are:
>
> * Finally add a real error message when a font cannot be found!
> * Add Letters=Random feature.
> * Fix bug in which Unknown feature `'... warnings
> were shown in the log file.
> * Some small documentation improvements.
thanks for the upload, and sorry for the delay in installing (a machine
vital to my tool-chain failed to switch on this morning -- fortunately,
a colleague was going into work, and was able to start the machine for
me).
i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fontspec.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fontspec/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
and yet another the daemon's slipped past me...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: tabu (v2.7 release)
> Author's name: Florent CHERVET
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/tabu
> Summary description: Flexible LaTeX tabulars
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> . Automatic par after the end of the tabu environment
> when used with its default target is removed in the case
> of {tabu} spread (this was a bug)
>
> . Some ignorespaces were missing (after everyrow,
> aburulecolor, aburowcolors and abulinestyle)
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/tabu.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tabu/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
i don't remember what i was doing, but it was obviously terribly
interesting work, because i didn't notice the daemon saying:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: linegoal (v2.9)
> Author's name: Florent CHERVET
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/linegoal
> Summary description: A ``dimen'' that corresponds to the remainder of the line
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> . Modification of the expansion process for setting the
> linegoal in order to allow the use of linegoal inside
> the arguments of tabular column :
> p{ .4linegoal} m{ .2linegoal } b{ .15linegoal }
>
> when the calc.sty package is loaded.
>
> This is because such arguments are expanded by array.sty
> during the rewriting process and hence, before setlength.
>
> This can be handy for multicolumn in some cases:
>
> egin{tabu}{|XX[2]X|}
> Hello
> &
> multicolumn2{p{linegoal}|}
> {vskip-htstrutboxstrutlipsum[5]} \
> abuphantomline
> end{tabu}
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new files and updated the
catalogue repository entry.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/linegoal.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/linegoal/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon obviously noticed i was out of the office, and so it pounced:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: tabu (v2.6 release)
> Author's name: Florent CHERVET
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/tabu
> Summary description: Flexible LaTeX tabulars
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> - savetabu now also saves abulinesep (ie
> abovetabulinesep
> and elowtabulinesep)
>
> - Bug fixed for custom environments when nested
>
> - aburulecolor now works for the longtabu environment even
> if colortbl is not loaded
> (same behaviour as for the tabu environments then:
> . colored rules only require xcolor.sty,
> . colored cells (and columns and rows) require colortbl.sty)
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version, and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/tabu.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tabu
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote:
> An upload to cam.ctan.org is in /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20110224-042550/
>
> ======================================================================
>
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: adjmulticol, v1.0
> Author's name: Boris Veytsman
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/adjmulticol
> Summary description: Adjusting Margins for Multicolumn and Unicolumn Output
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This package provides an extension of the multicol package with the
> option to change the margins for multicolumn and unicolumn layout.
> The package understands the difference between the even and odd
> margins for two side printing.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new package, and created an
entry for it in the catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/adjmulticol.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/adjmulticol/
The catalogue entry will first appear on the web overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded PSTricks6_de.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please
> put all files in the new directory
>
> /info/examples/PSTricks_6_de/
>
> It contains all examples from the 6th edition of the german
> version.
>
> The existing /PSTricks5_de/ can be deleted
thanks for the upload.
i have installed the new files and deleted the old, and converted the
catalogue entry to refer to the new version.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-examples.h…
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/examples/PSTricks_6_de/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon tells me, as i stagger in from the pouring rain:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: notes2bib
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib
> Summary description: Integrating notes into the bibliography
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v2.0f:
> - Update to work with biblatex v1.2
thanks for the (second!) upload; i have 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/notes2bib.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team