spreadtab 0.3b (6jun10)

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@18807 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 66 deletions

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index c3ce2cd7c13..b94f1a17cd1 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Public domain.  TeX Live TODO:
 2. Source updates
 3. Infrastructure and installer
 4. random stuff
+5. Won't do
 
 
 0. Things that have to hang fire until 2010
@@ -22,10 +23,6 @@ Public domain.  TeX Live TODO:
   +  my $hide = (defined($keyval{'hide'}) ? $keyval{'hide'} : 1);
 
 
-2009:  (What is status of these?)
-- Vista/W7: provide a link in the start menu "TeX Live Manager GUI Admin Mode"
-- fix w32 tar.exe to unpack long long file names (context.doc.tar.xz)
-
 1. Package updates
 ==================
 Please see http://www.tug.org/texlive/pkgupdate.html.
@@ -53,12 +50,14 @@ etoolbox.pdf from CTAN is incorrectly guessed by svn to be text, thus
 the result is corrupted when checked in.  So did:
   svn propset svn:mime-type application/octet-stream \
       /home/texlive/karl/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/etoolbox/etoolbox.pdf 
-but of course somewhere in ctan2tl should check for this.
+but ctan2tl should check for this.
 
-We should make the cooked tree start at the top, not in Master, so we
+make the cooked tree start at the top, not in Master, so we
 can autocommit the linked_scripts updates.
 
-check all die messages for "sorry".
+if ask for susy and have Susy, or reverse, complain.
+In general, the package name field should match the directory.
+(Except for our bin-* junk.)
 
 %moreclean
 	rerun every package listed in this hash to be sure changes
@@ -72,45 +71,29 @@ place should complain about inconsistent line endings and
 
 1d. outstanding package updates
 -------------------------------
-run tlpkg-ctan-check --check
-
 check all mentioned in staw msg on tldev, 23 Apr 2008 23:56:50.
 
-
 beebe needs tons of work
 eulervm vs. euler vs. new euler ... no eulervm.pdf
 logic/gn-logic14 conflicts with logic font
 lshort-russian # only zip files on CTAN
-ltxmisc various packages
 malayalam 07-11-20 (tlpkginfo does not work on this) CTAN dir language/malayalam
 malayalam-omega 07-11-20
 mathspic # inside pictex later
 mx NEW 08-01-26 a mexican dialect of spanish
 plnfss # only a zip file on CTAN
-r_und_s plain files should be in tex/plain, but does it matter?
 ethiop madness: combines ps-type1/ethiop and other packages.
-pkfix madness: copy in texmf/scripts/pkfix, but no autoupdate there
-- included in bin-dvips.tpm
-- windows .bat version? some magical .exe
-- ctan location is support/pkfix
-
-
-1e. tlpsrc2tlpdb conversion
----------------------------
-maybe should only find package names at the appropriate levels, so that
-graphics.tlpsrc does not have to include lines like
-docpattern +!d texmf-dist/doc/latex/tufte-latex/graphics
-
-if ask for susy and have Susy, or reverse, complain.
-In general, the package name field should match the directory.
-(Except for our bin-* junk.)
-
+bbold - get type1's from yytex repo, put on CTAN, etc.?
 
 2. Sources updates
 ==================
 ptex changes (pdvitype, etc.) should be merged into the main programs,
 instead of duplicating all the normal changes.
 
+kpse: texmfdbs should not have to exclude non-!! dirs, should be able to
+  go back to just TEXMF.  kpathsea should search the disk even if ls-R is
+  present, without !!. (koch 29dec06)
+
 
 3. Infrastructure and installer
 ===============================
@@ -118,12 +101,9 @@ instead of duplicating all the normal changes.
 - keep list of forcibly removed packages in tlpdb, so package-to-package
   dependencies can really be followed.
 
-- user mode for tlmgr
-
 - _install_package in TLMedia and install_package in TLUtils appear to be
-  doing basically the same job. This is bad.
-  So rewrite the installer to use TLMedia instead of the horrible hacks of
-  TLUtils.
+  doing basically the same job. Bad. Rewrite installer to use
+  TLMedia instead of the TLUtils hacs.
 
 - tlpobj vs actual files vs other packages installation, aka safer^2
   currently we just unpack what is in the tar file, but never check that
@@ -134,9 +114,6 @@ instead of duplicating all the normal changes.
   Also not checked is that unpacking the container does not overwrite
   files from a different package.
 
-- use Net::ftp/http and keep connection open during download so not to 
-  open a new connection for all the time...
-
 - extend revisions (Master/tlpkg/etc/generalize-revisions.diff)
   (implemented and working)
   we want: NNN[.RRR]
@@ -151,11 +128,7 @@ instead of duplicating all the normal changes.
   release directory (tldev, 2008) instead of hardwiring.  Then update
   doc/packages.txt.
 
-- fix the included "include schemes" patch to have the correct default 
-  path components, it seems that per default 2008 is missing.
-
-
-tlmgr/tlmgr2 
+infra: texmf/xindy not reported by check-file-coverage though not in tlp's
 
 MAYBE TODO (needs discussion)
 - ordering or collections removal (see below for details)
@@ -166,14 +139,6 @@ MAYBE TODO (needs discussion)
 
 4. random stuff
 ===============
-lcdf --with-cxx-runtime-hack to get static libs
-
-kpse: texmfdbs should not have to exclude non-!! dirs, should be able to
-  go back to just TEXMF.  kpathsea should search the disk even if ls-R is
-  present, without !!. (koch 29dec06)
-
-see about including pdfjam
-
 rewrite updmap/fmtutil, texconfig
 	. in perl
 	. work with multiple updmap.cfg files independently
@@ -192,15 +157,6 @@ frank@kuesterei.ch's msgs to tex-live of 23 Oct 2006 19:19:28,
 (avantar..zapfding) into psnfss, where really they come from on CTAN?
 rk mail to tldev, 19 Sep 2009 01:06:34.
 
-bbold - get type1's from yytex repo, put on CTAN, etc.?
-
-infra: texmf/xindy not reported by check-file-coverage though not in tlp's
-infra: specify defaults for the package types
-       (TLCore/Package/Documentation) in a *.tlpsrc instead of buried in
-       the code, for transparency.
-infra: scheme-minimal is not minimal.  Neither is collection-basic.  It
-       ends up installing core latex due to dependencies.
-
 repo: make special repo backups
 repo: memman.pdf, etoolbox.pdf, hyperref README.pdf -- svn guesses
       wrongly that it is text, resulting pdf is junk, pdffonts can't
@@ -211,13 +167,10 @@ repo: memman.pdf, etoolbox.pdf, hyperref README.pdf -- svn guesses
          for all *.pdf.
       3) report heuristic bug to svn.
 
-
 doc: texlive-en.tex:  Explain how (where) to customize texmf.cnf.
 doc: web page on TeX (Live?) compilation
 doc: utf-8 fails accent chars with texlive-ge
 
-tex: implement fancier behavior at prompt file name, see knuth update notes
-      and thread at http://tug.org/mailman/private/tex-implementors/2008/001925.html
 tex: CTRL-C at "please enter file name" should dtrt
 tex: --no-mktex=fmt  should be supported
 pdfopen: fixed http://magic.aladdin.cs.cmu.edu/wp-uploads/mavpdfopensrc.zip
@@ -225,17 +178,14 @@ dvips: comment line break http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_th
 dvips: \special{map: ...} a la \pdfmapline (reinhardk 30dec06)
 dvips: maybe stuff from dvipsfnt.txt from yy
 
-build: --without-omega (and aleph?) doesn't stop omega compilation.
-build: remove ncurses and make dialog use system version
-
 iso: optimize image, http://www.tina-vision.net/tina-knoppix/remastering.html
 
 sigh: lm vs. ec, 3jun06/stubner.gz msg
 
 announce: slashdot.org, freshmeat.net, prweb.com, prnewswire.com ?
 
-WON'T DO:
----------
+5. WON'T DO:
+============
 .tds.zip should run through jimh's checker before we believe it.
 But unfortunately we can't do this because Jim's stuff is Python-based
 and has too many library dependencies.
@@ -243,3 +193,12 @@ and has too many library dependencies.
 magyar: should be included in babel but is lacking a dtx, see
 http://www.latex-project.org/cgi-bin/ltxbugs2html?pr=babel/4018
 Up to author(s).
+
+should only find package names at the appropriate levels, so that
+graphics.tlpsrc does not have to include lines like
+docpattern +!d texmf-dist/doc/latex/tufte-latex/graphics
+? No, the special cases involved are worse than the disease.
+
+tex: implement fancier behavior at prompt file name, see knuth update notes
+and thread at http://tug.org/mailman/private/tex-implementors/2008/001925.html
+No, current behavior seems good enough.