Bug#182211: boxes.mp
On 21.08.03 Rainer Schöpf (schoepf@proteosys.com) wrote:
Hi,
> The situation re boxes.mp is indeed unfortunate, as is the fact
> that your more recent copy of boxes.mp seems to be nowhere on CTAN.
> Is it part of a recent teTeX?
>
As teTeX is just a copy of some parts of CTAN: nope it's not. It must
have existed on CTAN at any time, when the texmf-Tree of
Debian-stable was retrieved from CTAN...
> In addition, graphics/metapost/metapost.tar.gz is mirrored daily from
>
> ftp://netlib.bell-labs.com/netlib/research/metapost.tar.Z
>
> which is supposed to be the canonical source.
>
So, should we contact the author John Hobby for clarification? Will
you do as the name Rainer Schöpf is better known, than mine?
Just give him the URL of the bug report. All E-Mails are archived in
it.
I've read http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/hobby/mperrors.txt.gz if the
error is described.
> I'm not sure what to do. I don't have time to trace the different
> versions of boxes.mp.
>
OK.
> I'm considering moving systems/msdos/metapost to obsolete/systems.
>
Agree.
> CTAN is slowly changing into a repository of obsolete software, I
> fear.
>
Hopefully not! It's the master server for all TeX addicts.
H.
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