ConTeXt in TeX Live

[Norbert Preining]

Hi Mikael,

I think most discussion points have been explained sufficiently by Max.

On Mon, 09 Jun 2025, Mikael Sundqvist wrote:
> > If not, then @Max this is a serious problem indeed.
> 
> Yes, maybe. And I must say that I am a bit surprised about how this

Fortunately, Max is doing the binary stuff, too. Great to hear.

> > PS: I faintly remember that we have these discussion like every time
> > context comes up, since about a few decades now ... how depressing.
> 
> I don't understand what discussions you have in mind. Updating
> binaries between the releases is not something that has been going on
> for decades, right?

I am not sure you have been around like 15-20 years ago, but the context
in tex live and context in distribution is an **eternal** problem.
If you are interested, I can give you an mbox with uncountable emails
about it. In the end, practically everyone gave up. 
Thus, I hope that Max's approach will improve things for at least tex
live. For distributors (like Debian where I was involved for 20+ years),
it is still a cabinet of horror.

Best regards

Norbert

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