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Sebastian Rahtz TWG-TDS@SHSU.edu
Tue, 7 May 1996 14:46:23 +0100


Ulrik Vieth writes:
 > I'd consider moving doc/tugboat and possibly doc/knuth to category
 > 3.  Who's going to look at TUGboat contents other than ``hard-core
 > TeXies''?  Same for {tex,mf}book.tex, webman or {trip,trap}man.
i dont quarrel with that. ok will do
 > > generic3/genmisc
 >  Hmm, not sure what's inside, but perhaps it includes some stuff
 > deservers higher priority (cf. plain1/plainmisc)?
it looks like rubbish to me, but then what do i know? who uses plain
anyway?

 > with most of it.  However, I see a problem here.  What use will be
 > fonts/concrete in category `2' when the supporting macros
 > latex/beton and latex/euler are in `3'.  Similarly, what use will
 > be the macros in latex/mfnfss in `2' when the required
 > fonts/pandora are in `3'.
whoops. thats the kind of thing i needed help on, just as you have
provided. thanks! i have moved it all to 3

 > This ought to be sorted out better and made more consistent.
 >  > latex3/revtex
 >  This is arguable depending on one's background.  In a physics
 > department latex/revtex is equally important as ams/amslatex or
 > even much more
but i *hate* revtex so much :-}

ok it moves to 2

 > It might be a good idea to put all kinds of publisher macros in the
 > same category to be fair to users in all fields.
i didnt even put in Springer ;-}
 >  However, I'm not sure myself
 > if they should go in category `2' or `3'.
2, probably, if in doubt

 > OK, these are my first quick comments.  I might look at the stuff
 > on CTAN:info/tdscd more closely later if I find the time.
dont get me *too* upset, i only have a few days :-}

thanks

sebastian