Donald Arseneau writes:

I have uploaded placeins.sty version 2.0 to ctan/uk, destined for macros/latex/contrib/other/misc

The default behaviour has been changed to prevent floats from floating up past a FloatBarrier. A package option [above] is now provided to restore the original more permissive behavior (in analogy with [below]).

(Licence is public domain)

i've installed the file as requested; thanks for the upload.

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team