[tex-live] Re: [tex-fonts] error in ec encoding

Sebastian Rahtz sebastian.rahtz at oucs.ox.ac.uk
Thu Aug 18 22:42:33 CEST 2005


Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:

>They should be used for ALL of the files in the TeXlive and CTAN
>archives, so that such files carry author information, a version
>number, a timestamp, a checksum, and other documentation in a standard
>form, making it easy to figure out which version is current, who is
>responsible for it, and for end users to verify whether the file has
>been modified without a header update since it was released.
>
>  
>
This is possibly true. It's also true that there should be
peace on earth and goodwill between all mankind,
that we should stop global warming, send rockets
to Mars and all commute to work wearing jet packs.

It's not going to happen......

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