that old upload daemon is at it again:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: xpackages
> Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project
> Author's email: latex-t...@latex-project.org
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages
> Summary description: The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts
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>
> The xpackages are experimental, hihg-level parts of LaTeX3. They
> are designed to provide a link between the programming system
> (expl3) and the user. Each xpackage is focussed in a different
> area, for example creating document commands (xparse), the
> output routine (xor), and so on.
>
> At present, the xpackages are designed to be loaded on top
> of LaTeX2e:
>
> \usepackage{xparse}
> \usepackage{template}
>
> In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code.
> This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a
> stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed.
>
> To use the xpackages, you will need to have the expl3 package
> available. This provides the LaTeX3 coding environment on which
> the xpackages are built.
>
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> This release (SVN 1407)
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>
> This release is a snap-shot taken from the SVN repository which
> can be found from:
>
> http://www.latex-project.org/code.html
>
> At present, only some of the xpackages are ready for
> distribution even in this experimental form. The current
> xpackages bundle contains:
> - xparse, an interface for creating document commands.
> - template, a method to generate generic functions using
> key-value syntax.
> - ldcsetup, a temporary "utilities" package to provide features
> needed by template which are not currently available in
> expl3.
>
> In contrast to expl3, which is now broadly stable, the team are
> actively working on these packages at the present time. They may
> therefore see significant alterations in the near future
> (6 months).
>
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> Looking forward
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>
> The team are currently reviewing the base parts of the
> xpackages, with the aim of moving on to examine providing a
> page building and output routine. We hope to establish a
> semi-regular release pattern of snap-shots, which can then be
> propagated using the update features of TeX Live and MiKTeX.
> The exact schedule will depend on the code changes made! Each
> release will state which SVN revision number it is based on.
>
> Over time, we hope to add more of the xpackages to this
> distributed version. This will occur as the team decide that
> a particular xpackage will remain available, and as we reach
> some stability with those that do.
>
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> Other parts of LaTeX3
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>
> Several more experimental packages are also available in the
> SVN. These xpackages show possible design ideas for LaTeX3, and
> their status is currently very variable.
>
> The expl3 package, which contains the base for programming
> LaTeX3, is broadly stable and is available on CTAN.
>
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> LaTeX3 News
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>
> We have established a bi-yearly schedule to publish a LaTeX3
> News letter. The second of these will appear at the same time as
> this release. The news letters can be found at:
>
> http://www.latex-project.org/l3news/
>
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> Discussion
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>
> 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
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> The LaTeX3 Project
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>
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/xpackages
thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and updated the
catalogue repository. (note that the catalogue entry page, above, will
be updated overnight tonight.)
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
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