Bug#147204: tetex-base: Float placed on the page before the reference

[frank@kuesterei.ch (Frank Küster)]

"C.M. Connelly" <c@eskimo.com> wrote:

>
> Now, according to _The Chicago Manual of Style_, Section 11.6,
>
>    An illustration should be placed as close as possible to the
>    first text reference to it.  The illustration may precede the
>    reference only if it is on the same page as the reference;
>    otherwise it should follow.
>
> Given that, you could argue that LaTeX's float placement for this
> border case is broken.  On the other hand, some people believe
> that moving floats back is a good thing.
>
> Given that there's a trivial workaround for the issue (moving the
> float environment), I seriously doubt the LaTeX maintainers will
> address this problem, although the float mechanism in LaTeX3 may
> do things differently.

Since it seems that this is a question of taste rather than a bug, and
that the reporter hasn't answered lately to the extensive and competent
explanations made, shouldn't this bug be closed?

Thanks, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie