[latex3-commits] [git/LaTeX3-latex3-latex2e] develop: Integrate David, Frank and Bruno's suggestions (0000609b)

[Joseph Wright]

Repository : https://github.com/latex3/latex2e
On branch  : develop
Link       : https://github.com/latex3/latex2e/commit/0000609bd2234b1d6cc8677c475ca2478f52caec

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commit 0000609bd2234b1d6cc8677c475ca2478f52caec
Author: Joseph Wright <joseph.wright at morningstar2.co.uk>
Date:   Thu Nov 14 11:49:37 2019 +0000

    Integrate David, Frank and Bruno's suggestions


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0000609bd2234b1d6cc8677c475ca2478f52caec
 base/doc/ltnews31.tex | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/base/doc/ltnews31.tex b/base/doc/ltnews31.tex
index 0b4ca5df..0aa32e4b 100644
--- a/base/doc/ltnews31.tex
+++ b/base/doc/ltnews31.tex
@@ -203,10 +203,16 @@ with the \XeTeX{} and \LuaTeX{} engines, it loads a large body of Unicode data.
 This means that even on a fast computer, there is a relatively large load time for
 using \pkg{expl3}.
 
-For this release, the team have made adjustments in the \LaTeXe{} kernel
-to significantly reduce the load time for \pkg{expl3}. This is transparent
-at the user level, and the loading of \pkg{expl3} in documents and packages
-can be done as usual.
+For this release, the team have made adjustments in the \LaTeXe{} kernel to
+pre-load a significant portion of \pkg{expl3} as the format is built. This is
+transparent at the user level, other than the significant decrease in document
+processing time: there will be no \enquote{pause} for loading Unicode data
+files. Loading of \pkg{expl3} in documents and packages can be done as usual;
+eventually, it will be possible to omit
+\begin{verbatim}
+\RequirePackage{expl3}
+\end{verbatim}
+entirely, but to support older formats, this is still recommended at present.
 
 \section{Other changes to the \LaTeX{} kernel}