i'm announcing this even though my mail to bernard gaulle bounces, so i can't confirm he wanted announcement...
Bernard GAULLE (CNRS/IDRIS - France) writes:
I've upload to ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming the file french.tar.gz which is the last update for the LPPL part of language/french. This update gives a better support for hypertext documents using hyperref and/or pdfscreen with pdflatex.
i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team