[tlu] new beta

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Feb 8, 2022, at 7:56 AM, Bruno Voisin via tlu <tlu at tug.org> wrote:
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>> On 8 Feb 2022, at 14:35, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I don't use a scheduled check but the manual check is now correct. Before a dialog box flashed before the final dialog box came up and now I jsut get that final box saying the latest update is 1.52 and I have 1.53b12.
> 
> Hi Herb,
> 
> I think there are two types of updates here: the updates of the TLU app using the Sparkle frameworks, and the updates of the TeX Live installation using the app.
> 
> The updates you're referring to above, I think, are those for the app, which are accessed in two ways: manually, selecting Check for Updates in the TeX Live Utility menu; and, maybe the first time this check is made (I don't remember exactly), by checking a box so that the check takes place automatically in the future.
> 
> The updates Adam has been working on are the TeX Live updates, I think. The availability of these updates is checked first when TLU is launched, and then after you select a different repository in Configure > Manage Repositories, or type directly a URL in the URL field of the toolbar. You may have to select Actions > Refresh Package List for the new check to take place.
> 
> Or this second type of update is performed automatically at a frequency selected in Configure > Schedule TeX Live Update Checks.
> 
>> You can tell we're getting close to the freeze from the large number of updates.
> 
> Here you're speaking about the TeX Live updates. Indeed, there are quite many of them these days. I don't remember exactly when the freeze is supposed to take place <https://tug.org/texlive/>: February 15, when the final builds of the TeX Live 2022 binaries are made, or February 25, when pretest starts.
> 
> Anyway, Karl (Berry) mentioned things could start a little earlier:
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> https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2022-February/047713.html
> 
> Bruno

Howdy,

Sorry for the confusion... the updates I'm talking about are for TLU not the TeX Live updates. When I run the TeX Live Utility->Check for Updates… menu item first there is a flash of a dialog box that goes by too fast for me to read and then the final dialog box with the information about TLU updates.

I run the TeX Live updates manually (i.e., not using the scheduler) as part of my daily routine and that is working fine.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com