Changeset 67f75011 for pst/typesetting

Timestamp:

08/13/2023 12:35:36 AM (9 months ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

12.0, 12.1, ken/TL2024, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, plabs/newcss, python3.11, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18

Children:

cdab2040

Parents:

f525884

Message:

Add note about future removal of context.

This only applies to texlive source, at least for TL2023 the
x86_64 binaries include luametatex. For source the luametatex
sources are not included. In the unlikely case that we have a
user who both builds texlive from source and uses context, let
them know before we release 12.0 in case another luatex
vulnerability is discovered before TL2024.

File:

• pst/typesetting/texlive.xml (modified) (1 diff)

pst/typesetting/texlive.xml

@@ -369 +369 @@
         TeXLive includes some files for ConTeXt but the source of that is
         separate and has moved on from using luatex in the previous 'mkiv'
-        version to using luametatex which can be pulled with git from
-        <ulink url="href=https://github.com/contextgarden/luametatex/releases/tags/"/>.
-        Luametatex uses meson and ninja, but it does not fit easily into
+        version to using luametatex which can be pulled with git from <ulink
+        url="https://github.com/contextgarden/luametatex/tags">github luametatex</ulink>.
+        LuaMetaTeX uses meson and ninja, but it does not fit easily into
         the BLFS layout of TeXLive.
+        <!-- FIXME - when removing, keep that link to luametatex tags, and note
+        that building and installing that to fit with a BLFS install of TeXLive
+        will not be a trivial exercise.-->
       </para>
       <para>
         However, with a little extra work 'mkiv' files can still be processed
         using the files shipped in texmf.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+        <emphasis>Fixes to use ConTeXt will be removed when the texlive source next
+        has to be updated for either a vulnerability fix which requires backporting
+        luatex changes, or for TeXLive 2024. If you are a BLFS user of ConTeXt you
+        should be prepared to use the latest tag from github luametatex (link is
+        in first paragraph of this Note). Building and installing that to work with
+        a BLFS install of TeXLLive will not be a trivial exercise.</emphasis>
       </para>
     </note>