CTAN update: version.sty

Donald Arseneau <asnd at triumf.ca> wrote: > I just rewrote version.sty as I see fit and uploaded it > to UK. thanks; i've installed the new version of version (aargh), and updated the catalogue entry. > You guys can decide whether to have the existing versions.sty > or this rewrite to take over the slot for version.sty. i don't make public quality judgements in my ctan work ;-) (i leave that for the faq...) > License: permissive free (very short MIT/X11/BSD style) interpreted (as is standard, now) as "other-free". > Here are the (end)notes on the new "version". > > % Donald Arseneau produced this version because Stephen Bellantoni had no > % permissions explicitly stated in his version. DA has tried to remain > % compatible but has indulged in "upgrades" (bloat) which might not be > % proper. > % > % Although the code is entirely rewritten, there are a few principal > % differences with version 2: > % > % Verbatim catcoding of braces (to scan over unbalanced braces) is > % still applied, but is not required to be effective: the \end{NAME} > % will be detected whether the catcode changes are effective or not. > % > % Verbatim catcode for & is set to allow skipping rows of a tabular. > % > % Definitions of existing environments are now retained by \includeversion, > % unless the existing definition is the one made by \excludeversion. > % > % Added optional argument for \excludeversion for a textual tag to > % replace the excluded content. users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/version.html or the package itself at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/version.sty the catalogue entry will be slightly changed, in a moment, at some stage overnight Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team