[tex-live] problem with babel package

[Lars Madsen]

On 05/20/2011 10:42 AM, Philipp Stephani wrote:
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> Am 20.05.2011 um 09:32 schrieb Norbert Preining:
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>> On Do, 19 Mai 2011, Philipp Stephani wrote:
>>> I think the most common problem for TeX Live in Ubuntu is that the packages are always outdated.
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>> Which again comes from the fact that Ubuntu takes from Debian, and I package
>> for Debian only what will go into a release. TL2005 got into woody
>> TL 2007 in etch, TL2009 in squeeze, in TL2011 probably into the next release.
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>> That is in general a distribution problem, hey *never* can provide
>> the newest packages if the release cycle is 1-2 years.
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> OK. Ubuntu as a release cycle of six months, so that the Debian packages are unfortunately often outdated from Ubuntu's perspective.
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>> And *honestly* since when was it sooooo urgent to have always the newest
>> and shiniest LaTeX package?
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> When someone posts a question somewhere about LaTeX, the first answer is often "your TeX system is outdated." I agree that requiring every user to install the newest TeX system is not realistic, but then these answers should be avoided. But unfortunately, authors can only support the newest version.
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hyperref problems springs to mind

those are often solved by Heiko releasing a new version

/daleif