<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 April 2013 20:31, Philip TAYLOR <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:P.Taylor@rhul.ac.uk" target="_blank">P.Taylor@rhul.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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</div></div>If it takes six months to fix all the bugs, then yes; but<br>
my assumption was that the pre-DVD freeze would start (say)<br>
one month before intended production, and that month would<br>
be used for bug fixing. If less time is needed, great; and<br>
if more time is needed, so be it : better a bug-free DVD<br>
than a buggy one followed by a need for an immediate network<br>
update, particularly for those with poor or no network connectivity.<br>
<br>
** Phil.<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Sorry Phil, but the idea of a freeze for package maintenance is a non-starter.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Package maintainers are almost all volunteers who work when they have time or when user requests build up so much they find time or whatever.<br>
<br>They are almost all divorced from the TL release schedule. They can't be asked to not make updates because TL is nearing release, would you ask them also to not make any updates near a miktex release or one of the linux distros or... When _would_ you let them make changes?<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">As for the original question of having the year in the TL installation. It doesn't do any harm and offers an easy rollback mechanism, especially as has been mentioned if the TL package mechanisms have been updated. If the year was not there and TL updated in-place it would require a more complicated update and rollback mechanism for no obvious gain to the end user.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_extra">It really isn't clear what you are pushing for in this thread.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">David<br><br></div></div>