From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/33886 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: mplib Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:42:09 +0100 Message-ID: <45FE8521.8050907@wxs.nl> References: <45FE73C7.4020009@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174308155 23206 80.91.229.12 (19 Mar 2007 12:42:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:42:35 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Mar 19 13:42:26 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HTHBx-0001kX-Pc for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:42:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FF5E1FEC9; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:42:27 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 03936-02; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:42:19 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 563C21FEE8; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:42:19 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B62331FEE8 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:42:16 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 03672-03-2 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:42:13 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 552C21FEC9 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:42:12 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.101] (unverified [10.100.1.101]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.7b8) with ESMTP id 14182 for multiple; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:42:10 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) In-Reply-To: <45FE73C7.4020009@wxs.nl> X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-274017400 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:33886 Archived-At: Hi, In addition to previous mails about the mplib project we now have funding for the programming part of the mplib project (budgetted 12KEURO) - dante : 6K - tug : 1.5K - tug india : 1K - ntg : 2K - cstug : 1K - gust: will fund a sub-project (metatype1 completion) TUG indicated that next year there could be additional funding but it looks like .5K is enough then, which means that the project funcing is secured. This project is especially nice because it permits us to have a tight luatex/mp pair. LuaTeX (opened up, configurable, tunable pdftex), TeXGyre (8 open type fonts, finaly with math etc), and MPLib (integrated graphical engine) help us boost tex into the future and without funding the programming and font conversion effort, i fear it would have taken many more years. It also means that some of you will have to do some pretty hefty testing of both machineries at the end of the year since context mkiv will be used as testbed. It may be clear that projects like this put quite a financial burden on user groups (there is already substantial continuous funding of texgyre by the mentioned user groups) and luatex is also sponsored (by oriental tex project as well as tug). Projects like this put a dent in the financial reserves of lugs. So ... if you're not yet a member of a local user group or tug ... consider joining since it's the user groups that keep the good work done ... Soon there will also be the option to support specific projects (tug project page). Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------