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-% Copyright 2011 The LaTeX Project
-\documentclass{ltnews}
-\PassOptionsToPackage{colorlinks}{hyperref}
-
-\usepackage{metalogo,ragged2e}
-
-\AtBeginDocument{
-  \renewcommand{\LaTeXNews}{\LaTeX3~News}
-  \RaggedRight
-}
-
-\usepackage{hologo}
-
-\publicationmonth{June}
-\publicationyear{2011}
-\publicationissue{6}
-
-\begin{document}
-\maketitle
-
-\noindent
-A key aim of releasing `stable' \LaTeX3 material to CTAN is to allow users to
-benefit from new ideas \emph{now}, and also to raise the profile of usable
-\LaTeX3 ideas. This is clearly being successful, with \pkg{xparse} being of
-particular utility to end users. This increase in interest has been
-particularly notable on the new
-\href{http://tex.stackexchange.com/}{TeX.SX Q\&A site}.
-
-\section{The \LaTeX3 Team expands}
-
-Raising interest in \LaTeX3 developments has inevitably led to feedback on
-cases where the code base has required attention. It has also attracted new
-programmers to using \LaTeX3 ideas, some more than others! Bruno Le Floch has
-over the past few months made many useful contributions to \LaTeX3, and we are
-very pleased that he has recently joined The \LaTeX{} Project.
-
-Bruno has taken a particular interest in improving the performance and
-reliability of the \pkg{expl3} language. This has already resulted in new
-implementations for the \texttt{prop} and \texttt{seq} data types. At the same
-time, he has identified and fixed several edge-case issues in core \pkg{expl3}
-macros.
-
-\section{The `Big Bang'}
-
-In parallel to Bruno's improvements, Joseph Wright initiated a series of `Big
-Bang' improvements to \LaTeX3. The aim of the Big Bang was to address a number
-of long-standing issues with the \LaTeX3 code base. Development has taken place
-over many years, with the status of some of the resulting code being less
-than clear, even to members of The \LaTeX{} Project! At the same time, different
-conventions had been applied to different parts of the code, which made reading
-some of the code rather `interesting'. A key part of the Big Bang has been to
-address these issues, cleaning up the existing code and ensuring that the
-status of each part is clear.
-
-The arrangement of \LaTeX3 code is now the same in the development
-repository and on CTAN, and splits the code into three parts.
-\begin{description}
-  \item[\pkg{l3kernel}] The core of \LaTeX3, code which
-    is expected to be used in a \LaTeX3 kernel in more or less the
-    current form. Currently, this part is made up of the \LaTeX3
-    programming layer, \pkg{expl3}.
-  \item[\pkg{l3packages}] \LaTeXe{} packages making use of \LaTeX3
-    concepts and with stable interfaces. The \pkg{xparse} and
-    \pkg{xtemplate} packages are the core of this area. While many of
-    the \emph{ideas} explored here may eventually appear in a \LaTeX3
-    kernel, the interfaces here are tied to \LaTeXe{}.
-  \item[\pkg{l3experimental}] \LaTeXe{} packages which explore more
-    experimental \LaTeX3 ideas, and which may see interface changes as
-    development continues. Over time, we expect code to move from this area
-    to either \pkg{l3kernel} or \pkg{l3packages}, as appropriate.
-\end{description}
-
-In addition to these release areas, the development code also features a
-\pkg{l3trial} section for exploring code ideas. Code in \pkg{l3trial} may be
-used to improve or replace other parts of \LaTeX3, or may simply be dropped!
-
-As well as these improvements to the \emph{code} used in \LaTeX3, much of the
-documentation for \pkg{expl3} has been made more precise as part of the Big
-Bang. This means that \texttt{source3.pdf} is now rather longer than it was
-previously, but also should mean that many of the inaccuracies in earlier
-versions have been removed. Of course, we are very pleased to receive
-suggestions for further improvement.
-
-\section{\LaTeX3 on GitHub}
-
-The core development repository for \LaTeX3 is held in an SVN repository, which
-is \href{http://www.latex-project.org/code.html}{publicly viewable \emph{via}
-the Project website}. However, this interface misses out on some of the `bells
-and whistles' of newer code-hosting sites such as
-\href{http://gitbug.com/}{GitHub} and \href{http://bitbucket.org/}{BitBucket}.
-We have therefore established a mirror of the master repository on GitHub%
-\footnote{\url{http://github.com/latex3/svn-mirror}}. This is kept in
-synchronisation with the main SVN repository by Will Robertson (or at least
-by his laptop!).
-
-The GitHub mirror offers several useful features for people who wish to
-follow the \LaTeX3 code changes. GitHub offers facilities such as highlighted
-differences and notification of changes. It also makes it possible for
-non-Team members to submit patches for \LaTeX3 as `pull requests' on
-GitHub.
-
-As well as offering a convenient interface to the \LaTeX3 code, the GitHub
-site also includes an issue database\footnote{%
-\url{http://github.com/latex3/svn-mirror/issues}}. Given the very
-active nature of \LaTeX3 development, and the transitory nature of many
-of the issues, this provides a better approach to tracking issues than
-the main \LaTeX{} bug database\footnote{\url{http://www.latex-project.org/bugs.html}}.
-Developers and users are
-therefore asked to report any issues with \LaTeX3 code \emph{via} the GitHub
-database, rather than on the main Project homepage.
-Discussion on the \href{http://www.latex-project.org/code.html}{\mbox{LaTeX-L} mailing list}
-is also encouraged.
-
-\section{Next steps}
-
-The `Big Bang' involves making a number of changes to \pkg{expl3} function
-names, and is likely to break at least some third-party code. As a result,
-the updates will not appear on the \TeX{} Live 2011 DVD release, but will
-instead be added to \TeX{} Live once regular updates restart (probably
-August).
-
-Bruno is working on a significant overhaul of the \pkg{l3fp} floating-point
-unit for \LaTeX3. He has developed an approach which allows expandable
-parsing of floating-point expressions, which will eventually allow syntax
-such as
-\begin{verbatim}
-  \fp_parse:n { 3 * 4 ( ln(5) + 1 ) }
-\end{verbatim}
-This will result in some changes in the interface for floating-point numbers, but
-we feel that the long-term benefit is worth a small amount of recoding in other
-areas.
-
-Joseph has completed documentation of the \pkg{xgalley} module, and this is
-currently being discussed. Joseph is hoping to move on to implement other
-more visible ideas based on the \pkg{xtemplate} concept over the next few
-months.
-
-\end{document}
-
-
-
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