i was away, and the daemon ignored my instruction not to accept uploads...
The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
Name of contribution: catoptions Author's name: Ahmed Musa Package version: 0.2.7a Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/catoptions/ Summary description: Secure catcodes and pass options. License type: lppl
Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
Changed
ewvariables and docommalist to cptnewvariables and
cptdocommalist, respectively, to avoid potential clashes. The old names are retained as aliases until packages that use them have all been updated on CTAN.
thanks for the upload; 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/catoptions.html or they may browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/catoptions/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team