On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 01:15, Bruce <bdarcus.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > [snip] > >> One more thing: are you talking about TL 2010 or TL 2011? > > I had installed 2010, but am now upgrading. > >> In case that you are talking about TL 2011, you can fetch files from >> http://ctan.ijs.si/mirror/tlpretest/ or wait for other servers to >> recover from yesterday's problem. >> >> It is also not too advisable to use ctxtools to update ConTeXt in TeX >> Live (or at least you must know what you are doing and be prepared for >> potential problems). > > So is the code in the texlive repositories updated frequently enough that this > isn't a problem WRT to ConTeXt: that I can just let tlmgr handle it?
The modules in TeX Live are updates in sync with all the rest. The only difference is that the main CTAN server only syncs once per day (which might add +1 day), that TeX Live repositories are being rebuilt only once per day (another +1 day in worst case) and worst case +1 day that your mirror syncs with CTAN. The reason why ConTeXt is not updated is that ConTeXt requires the latest version of LuaTeX which is often a problem. If modules break compatibility with slightly older ConTeXt version, it is author's responsibility, but modules develop much more slowly than ConTeXt, so this is rarely a problem. There is one single module written for MKVI that is in minimals, but didn't go to CTAN exactly for the reason that ConTeXt MKVI develops way too fast and module could not keep up/version of ConTeXt in TL would be way out of date anyway. Mojca ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
