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@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
LaTeX Patches Guide
+
+ 2015/01/01
- 2014/05/01
-
-
+
This document describes the procedure by which changes to the LaTeX
-distribution in between the six-monthly releases will be made.
+distribution in between major releases could be made.
Such changes will be made only when major problems are discovered and
-fixed. Other changes will only be made twice a year, in June and
-December.
+fixed.
Changes which affect the file latex.ltx, and hence the format, are
called `patches to the LaTeX kernel': this concept is described in
@@ -20,18 +19,23 @@ the files called changes.txt: there is one in each distribution
subdirectory.
-Patches to the LaTeX kernel dated <2014/05/01>
-==============================================
+Patches to the LaTeX kernel
+===========================
-New releases of LaTeX will occur at six-monthly intervals, in June and
-December. Between these releases it may be necessary to make small
+Between major releases of LaTeX it may be necessary to make small
updates to fix major problems.
We have made it relatively easy to install updates that affect only
the format---by placing all these changes in one file, called
ltpatch.ltx.
-In order to update your LaTeX format you should put
+In practice due to changing distribution mechanisms since LaTeX2e was
+first released we do not now expect to use this patch mechanism, if a
+major problem were to be discovered a new updated LaTeX distribution
+would be placed on CTAN and distributed via the usual TeX distribution
+channels.
+
+In order to update your LaTeX format you should put
ltpatch.ltx where it can be read by iniTeX and then run iniTeX on
latex.ltx. You do not need to unpack the latex sources again.
@@ -40,17 +44,17 @@ read just before the format file is `dumped'. This will correct any
bugs and it will modify the opening banner of LaTeX: for example,
from:
-LaTeX2e <2014/05/01>
+LaTeX2e <2015/01/01>
to:
-LaTeX2e <2014/05/01> patch level 1
+LaTeX2e <2015/01/01> patch level 1
(The ltpatch.ltx distributed with this `full' release of LaTeX
is `patch level 0' which does not change the banner.)
---- Copyright 1993-2014
+--- Copyright 1993-2015
The LaTeX3 Project. All rights reserved ---