texlive[51290] Master/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/base: metapost contact

commits+karl at tug.org commits+karl at tug.org
Sat Jun 1 23:52:22 CEST 2019


Revision: 51290
          http://tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=51290
Author:   karl
Date:     2019-06-01 23:52:22 +0200 (Sat, 01 Jun 2019)
Log Message:
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metapost contact info update

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/base/mpman.pdf
    trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/base/source-manual/README
    trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/base/source-manual/mpman.tex

Modified: trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/base/mpman.pdf
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Modified: trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/base/source-manual/README
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--- trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/base/source-manual/README	2019-06-01 21:03:52 UTC (rev 51289)
+++ trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/base/source-manual/README	2019-06-01 21:52:22 UTC (rev 51290)
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 "A User's Manual for MetaPost", "Drawing Boxes with MetaPost",
 "Drawing Graphs with MetaPost" and the introductory article "The
 MetaPost System", written by John D. Hobby.
-They were converted to more modern LaTeX by Dylan Thurston and are
-currently maintained by Troy Henderson and Stephan Hennig.  The manual
+They were converted to more modern LaTeX by Dylan Thurston,
+later updated Troy Henderson and Stephan Hennig, and currently
+maintained by the MetaPost developers.  The manual
 may be freely used and modified, but John Hobby makes these requests:
 
  - I request that it remain clear that I am the author of

Modified: trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/base/source-manual/mpman.tex
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--- trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/base/source-manual/mpman.tex	2019-06-01 21:03:52 UTC (rev 51289)
+++ trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/base/source-manual/mpman.tex	2019-06-01 21:52:22 UTC (rev 51290)
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 \fi
 \documentclass{article} % article is NOT the original style
 \usepackage[nofancy]{svninfo}% Access VCS information.
-\svnInfo $Id: mpman.tex 2139 2018-02-19 14:38:47Z luigi.scarso at gmail.com $
+\svnInfo $Id: mpman.tex 2140 2019-06-01 14:38:47Z luigi.scarso at gmail.com $
 %\svnInfo $Id: mpman.tex 2139 2018-02-19 14:38:47Z luigi.scarso at gmail.com $
 \newcommand*{\mpversion}{2.00}
 
@@ -113,12 +113,14 @@
     \vskip3bp
     \centerline{and the MetaPost development team}
     \vskip20.8bp% actually 31.8bp (-11bp)
-    \centerline{\large documented version: \mpversion\ (2.0rc2)}
+    \centerline{\large documented version: \mpversion}
     \vskip3bp
 \tracingall    \centerline{\svnInfoMaxToday} \tracingnone
+    \vskip\baselineskip
+    \centerline{Web page: {\tt https://tug.org/metapost}}
+    \centerline{Mailing list: {\tt https://lists.tug.org/metapost}}
     \vfil
     \vfil
-    \vfil
   }
 \end{titlepage}
 
@@ -169,23 +171,25 @@
 based on Knuth's \MF\ to a large extent.  Appendix~\ref{MPvsMF} gives a
 detailed comparison of MetaPost and \MF.
 
-MetaPost documentation is completed by ``Drawing Boxes with MetaPost''
-and ``Drawing Graphs with MetaPost''---the manuals of the \texttt{boxes}
-and \texttt{graph} packages originally developed by John~D. Hobby.
+The basic MetaPost documentation is completed with ``Drawing Boxes with
+MetaPost'' and ``Drawing Graphs with MetaPost''---the manuals of the
+\texttt{boxes} and \texttt{graph} packages originally developed by
+John~D. Hobby.
 
-The MetaPost home page is \url{http://tug.org/metapost}.  It has links
+The MetaPost home page is \url{https://tug.org/metapost}.  It has links
 to much additional information, including many articles that have been
-written about MetaPost.  For general help, try the
+written about MetaPost.  For general help and discussion, try the
 \url{metapost at tug.org} mailing list; you can subscribe to this list at
-\url{http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/metapost}.
+\url{https://lists.tug.org/metapost}.
 
-The development is currently hosted at
-\url{https://serveur-svn.lri.fr/svn/modhel/metapost}; visit this site for
-the current development team members and  sources (currently no web interface, only anonymouse svn access).
+The development repository is currently hosted at
+\url{https://serveur-svn.lri.fr/svn/modhel/metapost}; web browsing and
+anonymous svn checkout are allowed with username \texttt{anonsvn} and
+password \texttt{anonsvn}.
 
-Please report bugs and request enhancements either on the
-\url{metapost at tug.org} list, or through the address given above.
-(Please do not send reports directly to Dr.\ Hobby any more.)
+If bug reports get no reply from \url{metapost at tug.org}, feel free to
+resend to \url{mp-implementors at tug.org}. (Please do not send reports
+directly to Dr.~Hobby in any event.)
 
 
 \section{Basic Drawing Statements}



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