the daemon cries to an increasingly weary admin:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: pgfplots
> Author's name: Christian Feuersanger
> Location on CTAN: graphics/pgf/contrib/pgfplots/
> Summary description: pgfplots - Create normal/logarithmic plots in two
> and three dimensions for LaTeX.
> License type: gpl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Version 1.4 contains several new features, mostly work on details.
> It fixes many bugs and provides the following improvements:
>
> - Added support for detached legends and detached colorbars
> - ybar (and similar plots) can now be mixed with other plot types
> like line plots.
> - improved legend formatting
> - added 'restrict x to domain*' which cups coordinates outside of a
> specified domain (same for y and z)
> - Added support for linear regression
> - Inline tables,
> - Lots of bug fixes
>
> The next version will make a greater step when it is stable.
;-)
thanks for the 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/pgfplots.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgfplots/
the catalogue entry has hardly changed, and the revised version won't
appear on the web until some time tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
i'm finally close to catching up with the daemon. this time he's
written:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: baskervaldadf
> Author's name: Clea F. Rees
> Location on CTAN: fonts/baskervaldadf/
> Summary description: Baskervald ADF fonts collection in ps type 1
> format with TeX/LaTeX support.
> License type: other-free
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Baskervald ADF is a serif family with lining figures designed as a
> substitute for Baskerville. The family currently includes upright and
> italic or oblique shapes in each of regular, bold and heavy
> weights. All fonts include the slashed zero and additional
> non-standard ligatures. The support package renames them according to
> the Karl Berry fontname scheme and defines two families. One of these
> primarily provides access to the standard or default characters
> while the other supports additional ligatures. The included package
> files provide access to these features in LaTeX as explained in the
> baskervaldadf.pdf.
thanks for the upload: i have installed the new files, and created an
entry in the catalogue repository for the package.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/baskervaldadf.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/baskervaldadf/
the catalogue entry won't appear on the web until some time tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
oh dear, that poor old daemon:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: cfr-lm
> Author's name: Clea F. Rees
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cfr-lm
> Summary description: Enhanced support for the Latin Modern fonts.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This is a very minor update to ensure that encoding files are
> unique. The map file and manifest.txt are changed accordingly.
>
> The package supports a number of features of the Latin Modern fonts
> which are not easily accessible via the default (La)TeX support
> provided in the official distribution. In particular, the package
> supports the use of the various styles of digits available, small-caps
> and upright italic shapes, and alternative weights and widths. It
> also supports variable width typewriter and the quotation
> font. Version 2.004 of the Latin Modern fonts is supported.
>
> By default, the package uses proportional oldstyle digits and variable
> width typewriter but this can be changed by passing appropriate
> options to the package. The package also supports using e.g. different
> styles of digits within a document so it is possible to use
> proportional oldstyle digits by default, say, but tabular lining
> digits within a particular table. See the README for details.
>
> The package requires the official Latin Modern distribution, including
> its (La)TeX support. The package relies on the availability of both
> the fonts themselves and the official font support files. The package
> also makes use of the nfssext-cfr package.
>
> Only the T1 and TS1 encodings are supported for text fonts. The set up
> of fonts for mathematics is identical to that provided by Latin
> Modern.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the files (and done a bit of
touching-up work on the catalogue repository entry ... which wasn't
strictly necessary).
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/cfr-lm.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cfr-lm/
the catalogue entry on the web will change overnight. nothing
significant, just editorial work on my previous workding.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon slips in another one while i'm away from any computer:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: luaotfload
> Author's name: Khaled Hosny
> Location on CTAN: macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload
> Summary description: OpenType layout system for Plain TeX and LaTeX
> License type: gpl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> * allow stylistic sets features in base mode
> * don't scale percent math constants
thanks for the 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/luaotfload.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/
the catalogue entry, on the web, will change a bit, overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon's beginning to mutter...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: unicode-math
> Author's name: Will Robertson
> Location on CTAN: latex/contrib/unicode-math
> Summary description: Unicode mathematics support for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Just in time for TL2010 (I hope), some improvements. Version 0.5a brings:
>
> * Numerous documentation improvements
> * Bug fix against stray catcode changes
> * Add `mathcal` and `mathbfcal` as distinct from the Script style;
> these are only supported by the XITS fonts at present
> * Small changes to the range of symbols offered (especially note
> that `ac` is now `invlazys` to avoid acronym package clash)
> * Superscripts are now allowed after primes (as they should be)
> * Numerous LuaLaTeX improvements, including roots and over/under braces
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/unicode-math.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/latex/contrib/unicode-math
the catalogue entry will change overnight; for once, i've made easily
noticeable changes to it...
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon is staggering slightly with the weight of updates ahead of
the tex live freeze, but it still managed:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: fontspec
> Author's name: Will Robertson
> Location on CTAN: contrib/latex/fontspec
> Summary description: Advanced font selection in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Just when I thought the final release for TeX Live 2010 was done, a
> couple more issues arose. This time for sure; version v2.0b brings:
>
> * Improved examples in the documentation, with fewer proprietary fonts
> * All font examples are included as separate images on CTAN, so the
> manual can be compiled (with pdfLaTeX) by anyone, anywhere
> * LuaLaTeX fixes for the StylisticSet and Annotation features
> * New OpenType feature `CharacterVariant` now supported
> * Minor change: `Ligatures=Historical` is now `Ligatures=Historic`
> for consistency
thanks for the upload; i have installed the package 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/contrib/latex/fontspec
the catalogue entry on the web will change, somewhat, overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
peter wilson wrote:
> I have just uploaded TitlePages.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use
> this to replace the current contents of
> info/latex-samples/TitlePages.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Part of the README:
>
> titlepages.pdf displays some 40 different designs of title pages
> taken from a selection of books and theses. The code for the examples
> is included. A variety of colors and fonts are used in the examples.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/titlepages.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/latex-samples/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon interrupted me while i was preparing dinner:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: texapi
> Author's name: Paul Isambert
> Author's email: zappathustra(a)free.fr
> Location on CTAN: macros/generic/texapi
> Summary description: Macros to write format-independent packages.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Added: exapiversion.
> Bugs fixed in format detection and loops.
i have installed the new version and updated 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/texapi.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/texapi/
the catalogue entry will change (i trust) overnight. but not by much.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 Hideo Umeki submitted an update to the
geometry
package.
Summary description: Flexible and complete interface to document dimensions.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
2010-07-13 Release 5.5
* Fixed a bug where paper width and height were swapped unnecessarily
inside
ewgeometry{} if 'landscape' is given as a class option.
* Changed crop marks with elbow-shaped lines 17mm long and offset by 3mm.
* Added 'showframe' and 'showcrop' as options shown in verbose mode.
* Fixed typos and wrong figures, and revised expressions in the document.
* Added missed things that had been fixed for v5.4 into changes.txt.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/geometry
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=geometry
(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to
appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .
Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
that daemon keeps finding things, and confusing me:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: The mh bundle
> Author's name: Lars Madsen
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mh/
> Summary description: Updates for the mh bundle
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Updates for the MH bundle:
>
> mathstyle: typo in currentstyle
>
> flexisym: fixed a problem with the capital greek letters in the
> support files for mathpazo and mathptmx.
>
> mathtools: several bugfixes and some new macros, including an extended
> version of DeclarePairedDelimiter which can create delimited macros
> with several arguments. A 'right' version of cases is also added.
>
> There are currently two open bugs in mathtools. If used with ntheorem
> loaded with the thmmarks option, the showonlyrefs feature may behave
> oddly. In the mathtools manual a fix is indicated (loading empheq with
> specific options, before ntheorem).
>
> Secondly there is a bug with centercolon if used in combination with a
> language that use an active colon, e.g. french. The problem goes back
> to babel not differentiating between text and math when handling
> active letters, or at least not providing any interfaces to deal with
> mathematics. Thus there is no fix to this problem in the general case.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and updated the
catalogue repository entries.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mh.html
(and linked entries for flexisym and mathtools)
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mh/
the web versions of the catalogue entries will be updated overnight
tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team