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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The TeX Live web pages <https://tug.org/texlive/> have information on:
- reporting bugs and known issues <https://tug.org/texlive/bugs.html>,
and more.
-Instead of dealing with this giant image, for typical use we recommend
+For typical use, instead of dealing with this giant image, we recommend
the small installer package(s) as described at
<https://tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html>.
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+The TeX Live pretest is over for this release. See you next time, and
+just ignore any files that may remain here.
+----
+<h2>TeX Live - pretest ISO images and tarballs</h2>
+
+<p>When available, this directory contains <b>preliminary test
+images</b> and checksums for the upcoming TeX Live release. (The <a
+href="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/Images/">current official
+release</a> is available from CTAN.)
+
+<p>As an alternative to these giant images, for normal testing we
+recommend the small installer package(s) or other methods, as described
+on the <a href="https://tug.org/texlive/pretest.html">TeX Live pretest
+page</a>. That page also contains an overview of changes and links to
+the documentation.
+
+<p>The <a href="https://tug.org/texlive/">TeX Live web pages</a> describe
+<a href="https://tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html">mounting the .iso
+files</a> and everything else.
+
+<p>The ISO excludes the binaries for less-used
+platforms, to save space on the DVD. These platforms are in the TL
+repository and can be installed normally over the net.
+
+<p>The same data is also available as large compressed tar files,
+primarily for the benefit of <a
+href="https://tug.org/texlive/distro.html">distro maintainers</a>:
+<tt>texmf</tt> (texmf trees), <tt>source</tt> (sources for the
+compiled programs in TL), <tt>devsource</tt> (TL infrastructure
+sources), <tt>bin</tt> (binaries for all platforms), and
+<tt>extra</tt> (miscellanous other files). See the directory listing.
+
+<p>The images are updated occasionally, usually finishing by 6am Denmark
+time. Please don't consume bandwidth retrieving new versions every day
+without specific reason; changes are rarely that significant. Using
+another method is far better for daily updates.
+
+<p>If you have problems running TeX after installation, please check
+your environment variables: any settings that end up referencing other
+TeX installations (TeX Live or otherwise) usually cause trouble.
+
+<p>Bug reports are especially welcome, since these are test images. Any
+problems not found in testing will be present in the real release, so
+please test anything you can. In general, please email tex-live@tug.org
+with any problems, questions, suggestions. The <a
+href="https://lists.tug.org/tex-live">tex-live mail archives</a> may be
+of some use.
+
+<p><a href="ftp://tug.org/texlive/Images/test/">Listing of this
+directory on tug.org</a>.