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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2018-05-26 23:43:00 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2018-05-26 23:43:00 +0000 |
commit | 9a222b1bcecbab734dbed9e4e26f2f1ca6c834b7 (patch) | |
tree | 6a9c48c6abc5416ac1544c51b03ea23fdfddc7fe /Master | |
parent | 796002f0e6e7b5695a17f03727b6e59a8a25b2d4 (diff) |
doc+symc
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@47849 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
Diffstat (limited to 'Master')
-rw-r--r-- | Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/NEWS | 48 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Master/tlpkg/doc/releng.txt | 2 |
2 files changed, 36 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/NEWS b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/NEWS index 79000749219..bcf764ae183 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/NEWS +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/NEWS @@ -2,19 +2,41 @@ Karl Berry, 2010.) <p><b>tlmgr XXXXX (released DDmmm18):</b> -<li>alternative fallback downloader support: if persistent connections - cannot be used (LWP not available), the fallback download program - can now be set to either wget or curl using the environment variable - TEXLIVE_DOWNLOADER. Esp. for MacOS and https curl is recommended.</li> -<li>alternative compressor format support: backups and intermediate - rollback containers were always created with xz. By setting - TEXLIVE_COMPRESSOR to one of xz, lz4, gzip one can select a different - format. In particular lz4 and gzip are much faster in producing - the backup containers.</li> -<li>ssh support: installing from a repository of the form<br> - user@machine:/path/to/tlnet - should now work. ssh-agent is strongly recommended!</li> - +<li>support for curl as a download program, and new default behavior for +choosing. In this order: + <ol> + <li>If the environment variable <tt>TEXLIVE_DOWNLOADER</tt> is + defined, use it; abort on failure if it doesn't work. + <li>If the environment variable <tt>TL_DOWNLOAD_PROGRAM</tt> is + defined, use it; abort on failure if it doesn't work. + <li>If LWP is available and working, use that (by far the most + efficient method, as it supports persistent downloads). + <li>If curl is available (from the system) and working, use that. + <li>If wget is available (either from the system or TL) and + working, use that. + </ol> + <p>TL still provides <tt>wget</tt> binaries for some platforms, so + some download method should always be available. + +<li>support for alternative compressor programs; until now, backups and + intermediate rollback containers were always created with xz. Now: + <ol> + <li>If the environment variable <tt>TEXLIVE_COMPRESSOR</tt> is + defined, use it; abort on failure if it doesn't work. + <li>If lz4 is available (either from the system or TL) and working, use that. + <li>If gzip is available (from the system) and working, use that. + <li>If xz is available (either from the system or TL) and working, use that. + </ol> + <p>lz4 and gzip are much faster in creating tlmgr's local backups. + The unconditional use of xz for the tlnet containers is unaffected, + to minimize download sizes. + +<li><a href="https://openssh.com/">ssh</a> support: installing from a + repository of the form <tt>user@machine:/path/to/tlnet</tt> is now + supported; the url-like forms + <tt>scp://user@machine/path/to/tlnet</tt> and + <tt>scp://user@machine/path/to/tlnet</tt> are equivalent. ssh-agent + is strongly recommended! <p><b>tlmgr 47303 (released 14apr18):</b> <li>uninstall now a synonym for remove, so requiring --all to remove the diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/doc/releng.txt b/Master/tlpkg/doc/releng.txt index 7e305a5e0fa..37b73a51871 100644 --- a/Master/tlpkg/doc/releng.txt +++ b/Master/tlpkg/doc/releng.txt @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Dick @ updating MacTeX. Martin @ torrents (done earlier). Siep @ w32client.html, Norbert @ debian,updmap-kanji.html. Nikola @ FreeBSD notes linked on bugs.html. -pdftex maintainers @ updating pdftex sources with sync-pdftex.sh. +pdftex maintainers @ updating pdftex sources with sync-pdftex.sh + tag. - make tag + branch: (determine revision number from svn log, in case commits were mistakenly made) |