Reuben Thomas writes:

I want to withdraw a package I have previously submitted to CTAN. The reason for this is that there's now a superior package on CTAN that performs the same function rather better, and I want to avoid confusion among users. I have often wasted time when I have found two or three different packages that do the same job, because I have to evaluate them in order to pick the one I should use. I want to spare other users this tedium by removing my inferior package.

In my opinion my bitfield package is superseded by bytefield. I would certainly use bytefield in future rather than my package. The few features that bytefield does not provide which bitfield provides are, I think, unnecessary, and a result of my lack of understanding of typesetting.

Below is a list of what I originally uploaded:

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As per README.uploads:

• what you've uploaded

bitfield.dtx, bitfield.ins

• which CTAN node you've uploaded to

cam.ctan.org

• where you want the files to go

macros/latex/contrib/supported/bitfield/

i have moved bitfield from the macros tree (it had migrated to macros/latex/contrib/bitfield) to the corresponding place on the obsolete tree, but it will remain in the incorrect place in the catalogue until that is next updated (not under my control).

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team