From: lynx--- via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: lynx@polarcom.com
Subject: Re: [NTG-context] update
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 14:51:30 -0700 [thread overview]
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Hello, Max:
As suggested, I have installed the "standalone" version of ConTeXt
alongside my full TeXlive installation.
Now:
* How can I be sure that the standalone version is the one being
implemented?
* How do I update the standalone version (I assume that, as of today,
it is already the most up-to-date version--Yes? No?), if and when it is
required or desired to do so?
Lynx
On 2023-04-27 01:32, Max Chernoff via ntg-context wrote:
> Hi Hans,
>
>> I actually dont' know the rules for updating texlive but there are
>> definitely updates.
>
> The rules are:
>
> - Packages and formats are updated about 24 hours after a new version
> is uploaded to CTAN.
>
> - Binaries are only updated once-per-year.
>
> But there are also some special cases:
>
> - The luatex binary will be updated shortly for "reasons" (details to
> be made public later).
>
> - The luametatex binary is allowed to be updated whenever.
>
> https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-March/049058.html
>
> - I have no idea how ConTeXt is added to TL, but it doesn't appear to
> be through the usual automatic CTAN sync.
>
>> Basically tex live is the yearly snapshot.
>
> Because you're allowed to update luametatex at will and luatex hardly
> changes, you could update the ConTeXt in TL more than once per year.
> There's no need for it to get as many updates as the standalone
> distribution, but it would be nice to get an update every 3 months or
> so. (I have no idea how much work this is for you+Mojca, so it's maybe
> not worth the effort).
>
>> But you can just install the lmtx installation alongside (it's small
>> compared to tex live) and have the best of both worlds. The lmtx
>> installation also has mkiv. It also comes with the fonts that match
>> what we expect in context (as fonts get updated or changed).
>
> Lynx, I'll second this recommendation. The standalone lmtx distribution
> is updated weekly-ish, uses less than 400MB disk space when installed,
> and coexists happily with TL. The only downside is that it doesn't have
> a friendly installation GUI like TL does. Even then, I personally find
> it easier to install than TL.
>
> Installation instructions:
>
> https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Installation
>
> Thanks,
> -- Max
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-04-27 21:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-04-26 21:55 Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2023-04-26 23:54 ` Jairo A. del Rio via ntg-context
2023-04-27 2:25 ` Rik Kabel via ntg-context
2023-04-27 2:34 ` Jairo A. del Rio via ntg-context
2023-04-27 7:52 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2023-04-27 0:50 ` lynx--- via ntg-context
2023-04-27 1:52 ` Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context
2023-04-27 5:11 ` Max Chernoff via ntg-context
2023-04-27 7:58 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2023-04-27 7:38 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2023-04-27 8:32 ` Max Chernoff via ntg-context
2023-04-27 21:51 ` lynx--- via ntg-context [this message]
2023-04-27 23:54 ` Max Chernoff via ntg-context
2023-06-04 17:01 Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2024-01-08 10:36 Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2024-03-11 17:48 Hans Hagen
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