[OS X TeX] Latest Test Versions of MacTeX and BasicTeX [was: Re: MacOSX-TeX Digest, Vol 103, Issue 5]

[Richard Koch]

> On May 20, 2016, at 12:50 PM, Juergen Fenn <jfenn at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 20.05.2016 um 21:00 schrieb Richard Koch <koch at uoregon.edu>:
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>> We?d particularly appreciate testing installation on older
>> versions of OS X. I installed on El Capitan and on Intel Leopard.
>> Are there problems on PPC Leopard, or on versions of OS X
>> between Leopard and El Capitan?
> 
> Dick, I'm still running Mavericks, and I don't intend to upgrade anytime soon. What problems should I be looking for in the first place? Could you please give some examples for critical points? Are there any potential showstoppers?
> 
> Thanks, and
> best regards,
> Jürgen.

Recall that installation of the 2016 version leaves your previous version intact. You
can retreat to it using the latest TeX Live Utility. We no longer install the TeX Dist
control panel, but we don’t remove it either, so that can also be used to
change back.

We don’t expect any problems on Snow Leopard or higher. There are possible
problems on Leopard with tlmgr (and thus TeX Live Utility), although currently
these seem to be working.

More details with the release. This is still beta software, so no guarantees.

Dick Koch