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    From CTAN Announcements@manfred@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Thu May 7 18:55:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the

    genealogytree

    package.

    Version: 2.4.0 2026-05-06
    License: lppl1.3

    Summary description: Pedigree and genealogical tree diagrams

    Announcement text: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    ### Added
    - `\gtrifnativitydefined`
    - `\gtrifwedlockdefined`
    - `\gtrifdeceasedefined`
    - `/gtr/database/id` as alias for `/gtr/id`
    - Template `template=medical`
    with additional options `carrier`, `affected`, and `deceased`

    ### Changed
    - Usage of expl3 scratch variables like `\l_tmpa_tl` replaced by package variables like `\l__getree_tmpa_tl`
    - Some code optimizations
    - The `floruit` event is now displayed if birth/baptism or death/burial data are missing.
    Previously, it was displayed only if all of these were missing (issue #43). - Tutorial example 'Conversion during Externalization' adapted to current tcolorbox
    - Documentation example for `/gtr/edge/custom` made more fail-safe (issue #49) - Documentation typos (issue #52)
    - Documentation typo in 1.4 Installation corrected
    - Documentation listings encoding handling changed
    - `CHANGES.md` renamed to `CHANGELOG.md` following https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/
    - Bibliography updated

    ### Removed
    - Obsolete packages `expl3`, `xparse`, `xfp`

    ### Fixed
    - Italian translation corrected by Andrea Vaccari
    - Library `fanchart`: code with errors reported by explcheck was replaced (no functional but stylistic errors)
    - Code style improved with explcheck
    - Documentation for `floruit-` corrected (wrong argument)

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    https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/genealogytree

    More information is at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/genealogytree


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    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Manfred Lotz


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