[tex-live] windows testing

Philip TAYLOR P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk
Tue Nov 3 16:11:43 CET 2009


There was no answer to my question (below), but I would
much appreciate one, since it is clearly very difficult
to exercise the changed components if one is not told
which components they are.  In the meantime, feedback
on the system as it existed at circa 10:00 (GMT) today :

Rsync worked without problem.
Update/all worked without problem.

The message left in the update window is not accurate;
it reads --

> No updates found.
>
> Your installation is set up to look on the disk for updates.
>
> If you want to install from the Internet for this one time only, click on the "Change" button above and select "Default net package repository" (or any other package repository you know to be working).
>
> If you want to change it permanently, go to the "Configuration" Tab and change the default package repository.

In fact, my system is /not/ "set up to look on the disk for updates";
under "Configuration", it is set to download from http://mirror.ctan.<etc>,
but I had used the "Change" button to do a once-only update from the
local mirror.  Thus the information reported in the update tab is
180 \degrees out of phase with reality.

This may be no different from previous release : I simply noticed
it on this occasion.

PdfTeX & PdfLaTeX continue to function as needed.

** Phil.
--------
Philip TAYLOR wrote:
> I will be happy to test tomorrow (not today, we have visitors)
> but is there any reason -- obvious or otherwise -- why we testers
> are not being told what changes have been made ? Is this meant
> to be a single-blind trial, for example ?
>
> ** Phil.


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