[OS X TeX] How Long...

[Richard Koch]

Herb,

I don't think it is necessary to support 10.3 in MacTeXtras. You have  
conveniently collected together programs and lots of other material  
for users. A short "README for 10.3" could instruct users to search  
the web for older 10.3 versions when the supplied version only works  
on 10.4 and above.

MacTeX-2008 is a different matter. I've just finished a (release  
candidate) version, and it does support 10.3. But 10.3 is causing more  
and more trouble, and in another year we might well support only 10.4  
and above.

As Victor Ivrii said, this is only a candidate and will change as TeX  
Live is polished.


On Jun 21, 2008, at 6:42 AM, Victor Ivrii wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com 
> > wrote:
>
>> So, let the discussion begin. How many people, especially at  
>> Universities
>> and other Organizations, which distribute software via Disk still  
>> need
>> Panther versions?
>
> I do not think that Panther should be supported but Tiger should. Less
> extreme point of view: may be separate Panther distribution.
>
> And methink that PPC and Intel distributions should be separate or
> installer should be smart and install only correct binaries.
>
> Best. Victor
>
> PS AFAIK TeXLive 2008 is only release candidate, not the final one.
> Probably one of the reasons is that pdftex-1.40.8 is still rc, not the
> final
> (and since it was announced that 1.40.8 will be final in 1.40.x series
> it seems to be worth waiting for it).
>
> Thank you and Robert Koch very much for your work!
>
> Best. Victor
>
>
>
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
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