Re: new version luatex / mkiv

[Peter Rolf <indiego@gmx.net>]

Hans Hagen schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> There is a new version of luatex and mkiv. You need to update them 
> together. The best place to get them is the contextgarden (which will 
> probably have the new versions pretty soon).
> 
> This release of is rather substantial: no longer is metaposts called, 
> but  mplib is used instead. This bring down metapost runtime and 
> conversion to nearly zero. The user interface is the same, but the 
> implementation is different.
>
this is very good news. most runtime here is wasted by calling and 
interfacing with mp.

many thanks to you and taco for the great work. i'll test this 
intensively as soon as i get my hands on it.

best wishes, peter

> Tomorrow (or so) taco will make releasenotes.
>
> Hans
> 
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