[tldistro] branch2011 status

[Robby Workman]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Karl Berry wrote:

> Ok, since there's interest in using the post-release branch, here we go ...
>
> I have committed the synctex coordinate fixes from r23644
> (http://tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=23644) to TL's
> branch2011 (http://tug.org/svn/texlive/branches/branch2011).
>
> I'll do the same for the off-by-one initialization fix
> (http://tug.org/pipermail/tldistro/2011q3/000120.html) as soon as I have
> a chance.


Thanks much, Karl - I just committed them to our git branch:
http://slackbuilds.org/cgit/slackbuilds/commit/?h=13.37&id=0eec51fc7b429e34dd7dcb50aaa7073b780c34d7


> If anyone knows of other fixes that deserve importing to the branch, let
> me know.  I can't think of any so far that are sufficiently critical.


I'm not aware of any, fwiw.


> To maximize the timecost/benefit ratio, my present intent is (and always
> has been) for commits to the post-release branch to be few and far
> between, and track only the most ultra-critical fixes, for seg faults
> and such.  It is possible to imagine slicing and dicing things in many
> other ways, but none of us have an infinite of time.  I want to keep it
> as minimal as possible.


Sure; IMHO, that's the best approach for all involved.


> I mentioned the branch on the http://tug.org/texlive/distro.html web
> page.


Thanks again; this is *much* appreciated.

-RW