a cry resounds through ctan's marbled halls:
Name of contribution: babel-french Author's name: Daniel Flipo Package version: 3.0a Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/french Summary description: French definition file for Babel License type: lppl
Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
Main changes: -- With LuaTeX based formats, high punctuation is handled through callbacks (no active characters); -- Babel 3.9 required; -- frenchbsetup{} options management completely reworked.
See frenchb.pdf section 1.4 for more information.
Announcement required: Yes
Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel-french or they may browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/french
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team