Re-bundling of LaTeX 3 on CTAN: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental

the daemon's been busy (and so have i): > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental > Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team at latex-project.org > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel > /macros/latex/contrib/l3packages > /macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental > Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > LaTeX3 coding and concepts as LaTeX2e packages > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > As work continues toward LaTeX3, a number of programming > conventions and higher-level ideas are being developed by The > LaTeX3 Project. These are designed to be available as LaTeX2e > packages, meaning that they can be used now by both developers > and day-to-day LaTeX users. > > The material released to CTAN is currently divided into three > parts: > - l3kernel: code which will be present in a LaTeX3 kernel in > its current form. Currently, this part contains the coding > layer for LaTeX3 ('expl3'). > - l3packages: code which is broadly 'stable', and which adds > new functionality to LaTeX2e. Material from l3packages may be > present in a LaTeX3 kernel, but the interfaces may change. > - l3experimental: code which is more experimental, and which is > intended mainly for testing by interested users. Over time, > material from this area may move to one of the other two > divisions. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 2448) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This release is a major overhaul of the CTAN release of the > LaTeX3 development code. As described above, the arrangement of > the code on CTAN has been altered, with material which was > previously available as 'l3in2e' moving broadly to 'l3kernel' > while 'xpackages' has been split into 'l3packages' and > 'l3experimental'. This arrangement has been adopted to make the > status of the different parts of LaTeX3 clearer, and also means > that the CTAN structure now aligns with that off the development > repository. > > As part of the code rearrangement, the status of all of the > LaTeX3 modules has been reviewed. A small number of modules have > been removed from the CTAN release as a result, as they are not > currently suitable for general use in their current form. At the > same time, the xfrac package has been integrated into the main > LaTeX3 release. This will allow the team as a whole to keep > xfrac up to date with any changes to the 'template' concept. > > The code and documentation for the 'expl3' programming layer has > been reviewed, and this release features a range of performance > enhancements. At the same time, several inexact sections in the > documentation have been revised to make the detailed behaviour > of the code clearer, and with more attention to covering edge > cases. At the same time, a number of functions have been renamed > or removed from the code. Notification of these changes has > already been given on the LaTeX-L list. While the team hopes > that these changes will not break any existing code, developers > using LaTeX3 for programming should of course test their code > against the new release. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Discussion > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Discussion concerning the approach, suggestions for > improvements, changes, additions, etc. should be addressed to > the list LaTeX-L. > > You can subscribe to this list by sending mail to > > listserv at urz.uni-heidelberg.de > > with the body containing > > subscribe LaTeX-L <Your-First-Name> <Your-Second-Name> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Bugs > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The issue tracker for LaTeX3 bugs is currently located at > > https://github.com/latex3/svn-mirror/issues > > Please report specific issues with LaTeX3 code there. More > general discussion should be directed to the LaTeX-L lists. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entries at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3kernel.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3packages.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3experimental.html > or they may browse the package directories at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/ > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ The catalogue entries will first appear, on the web, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team