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

[Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>]

On 18.07.03 Frank Küster (frank@kuesterei.ch) wrote:
> "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?
> 
I guess so. Frank, will you do that?

Hilmar 
-- 
sigmentation fault