Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:19:54 +0200 (IST) From: Eli Zaretskii X-Sender: eliz AT is To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: TeX/Web2c v7.2b ported and uploaded In-Reply-To: <199811081613.LAA04562@delorie.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com This is most probably the last time I actively work on porting TeX/Web2c and related programs to DJGPP. It became a burden to participate in the pretest of all the GNU packages I am involved with, and I no longer can afford to continue actively support all of them. So I am forced to make tough decisions on discontinuing active support of some of them. Others will have to pick up where I left off. With the inclusion of the DJGPP support in the official distribution (and on the TeX Live CD-ROM), the bulk of the hard work is done. Future development of the DJGPP support for TeX-related text processing needs someone with a level of expertise and perspective on this field which I lack, in order to decide on priorities in porting additional programs. I only use these programs to typeset Texinfo docs, and even the additional ports in this release are mostly way beyond my everyday needs; I ported them because people who maintain them told me they were important for serious TeX-related work. Volunteers are welcome to come up and take the lead. I will gladly help anyone who asks questions about the DJGPP-specific aspects of the TeX setup, about the crucial details of the DJGPP support, and about anything else that would help to carry on with this support. I also consider myself responsible for any bugs and problems that might be lurking in this latest port. So don't hesitate to report any abnormal behavior you see.