Hi Rasmus,
On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 12:48:06 +0200
Rasmus <ras...@gmx.us> wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> Robert Klein <rokl...@roklein.de> writes:
>
> >> * Fixltx2e
> >>
> >> This packages is depreciated with TL2015 cf. LaTeX News 22. We can
> >> use \RequirePackage[current]{latexrelease} but there's no point in
> >> that.... AFAIK latexrelease only useful for backwards
> >> compatibility.
> >
> > Leaving this out probably doesn't break texing with older
> > texlive versions.
> >
> > Please try to keep export compatible to older versions. I have a
> > couple of computers where I can use new versions of org-mode (and an
> > appropriate version of emacs), where it is not feasible to install a
> > newer version of texlive.
>
> The target of Org 8.3 is 24.3. I don't know if there's a policy wrt
> targeting older versions of auxiliary software.
>
> In the case of fixltx2 it's reasonable to only remove it from the
> default packages after the release of Org 8.3. Extrapolating, users
> of org-stable will only see that change 1-2 years from now.
Forget what I said. You are right.
LaTeX will also work without fixltx2e and org latex export probably
doesn't need it anyway.
Sorry about that.
Best regards
Robert
