From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/34398 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: ConTeXt versioning model critique Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:15:32 +0800 Message-ID: <462C08B4.4030400@gmail.com> References: <823522955.20070414142904@gmail.com> <4628B2A0.1040902@gmail.com> <4628BD6A.6060104@elvenkind.com> 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 1177291076 29293 80.91.229.12 (23 Apr 2007 01:17:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:17:56 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Apr 23 03:17:53 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 1HfnBh-0006JG-40 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:17:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 263FF200BB; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:17:52 +0200 (CEST) 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 28962-06; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:17:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 359DE20073; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:17:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DC2920073 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:17:44 +0200 (CEST) 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 29126-03 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:17:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from sunm.shcnc.ac.cn (unknown [159.226.128.8]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id A40622004D for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:17:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by sunm.shcnc.ac.cn (4U Message Server) with ESMTP id 12556E48053 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:25:59 +0800 (CST) Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [202.127.19.74]) by sunm.shcnc.ac.cn (4U Message Server) with ESMTP id 10C95E4804E for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:25:58 +0800 (CST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) In-Reply-To: <4628BD6A.6060104@elvenkind.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12 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:34398 Archived-At: Taco Hoekwater wrote: > fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com wrote: > >>> >>> >> I strongly agree that ConTeXt needs an improved versioning model. >> > > I agree. We probably all agree, Hans included. But we also need > improved days with more (or longer) hours. That, and pdftex and > xetex should stop evolving. Nothing is as disruptive as new > features :-) > > Currently i'm using the standalone version of ConTeXt, which is easy to config and works well. So maybe ConTeXt can be distributed as a standalone package, and it auto detects available TeX resources(Xetex,et al) on the computer and make use of them. > In the autumn, Hans and I hopefully have the spare time to think > about some of the issues related to context releases, patches and > distributions. > Best wishes, > Taco > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________