[tex-live] TeXLive package deletions

[Robin Fairbairns]

Alan Munn <amunn at gmx.com> wrote:

> Hi, I just noticed that tlmgr has marked the package tree-dvips for
> deletion.  The package is still maintained as far as I know, and I'm
> sure there are many linguists who still use it.  Is there some way to
> find out the reason for the deletion?

that's already been amswered by philipp.

if you have contact with emma pease, it would be good if you could alert
her to the problem.  if (*big* if) we have a correct address for her,
she'll get mail eventually from one of the ctan or tl team.

> Also, when tlmgr reports an updated collection, does that simply mean
> that some subpart of the collection has been added or removed?  (So
> the collection-humanities shows that it will be updated; is that
> because (among other things) tree-dvips is being deleted?

i would assume so.  there's not much else in collections, afaict:
istm that they're nobbut programs for the installer.

robin