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  • CTAN update: l3build

    From CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann@erik@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Fri Jul 3 15:58:39 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

    l3build

    package.

    Version: 2026-07-02
    License: lppl1.3c

    Summary description: A testing and building system for (La)TeX

    Announcement text: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ## [2026-07-02]

    ### Added

    - Variable `versionpatterns` (issue \#449)

    ### Changed

    - Expand default value of `binaryfiles`
    - Normalize Lua-only attribute, `\XeTeXcharclass`
    allocation lines and user defined `\whatsit` nodes (may require `.tlg` update)
    - Include LaTeX release info in raw `.log` file (see \#466)

    ### Fixed

    - Respect `--dry-run` for `upload` target (issue \#264) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    This package is located at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3build

    More information is at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/l3build


    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Erik Braun


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  • From CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann@erik@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Sat Jul 4 11:04:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

    l3build

    package.

    Version: 2026-07-03
    License: lppl1.3c

    Summary description: A testing and building system for (La)TeX

    Announcement text: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ## [2026-07-03]

    ### Fixed

    - Ensure `\filelist` is not omitted in `.log` --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    This package is located at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3build

    More information is at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/l3build


    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Erik Braun


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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Sat Jul 11 08:58:56 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

    l3build

    package.

    Version: 2026-07-10
    License: lppl1.3c

    Summary description: A testing and building system for (La)TeX

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

    ### Fixed

    - Ensure unmatched `\TIMO` is ignored

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The packagerCOs Catalogue entry can be viewed at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/l3build

    The packagerCOs files themselves can be inspected at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3build/

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Petra R|+be-Pugliese

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Tue Jul 21 16:50:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

    l3build

    package.

    Version: 2026-07-20
    License: lppl1.3c

    Summary description: A testing and building system for (La)TeX

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

    ### Changed

    - Revise method for printing LaTeX version information in raw `.log`

    ### Fixed

    - Ensure first-time CTAN upload re-validates as a new package instead
    of running the curl config as a shell script (issue \#468)

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The packagerCOs Catalogue entry can be viewed at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/l3build

    The packagerCOs files themselves can be inspected at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3build/

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Petra R|+be-Pugliese

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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  • From CTAN Announcements@manfred@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Mon Aug 3 21:20:44 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

    l3build

    package.

    Version: 2026-08-02
    License: lppl1.3c

    Summary description: A testing and building system for (La)TeX

    Announcement text: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ## [2026-08-02]

    ### Added

    - Variable `typesetwarnings` to fail typesetting on overfull/underfull
    boxes reported in the log (issue \#470)
    - Introduce the `\BEGINBOXTEST`/`\ENDBOXTEST` to avoid boilerplate for box tests
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    This package is located at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3build

    More information is at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/l3build


    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Manfred Lotz


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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Wed Sep 2 17:50:59 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

    l3build

    package.

    Version: 2026-09-01
    License: lppl1.3c

    Summary description: A testing and building system for (La)TeX

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

    ### Added

    - Support for custom help information for targets (issue \#475)
    - `normalize_log_hook()`

    ### Changed

    - Print info on custom targets in `help()` (issue \#475)
    - Avoid `(guessed encoding ...)` stderr for `(u)ptex` engines
    (see PR latex3/latex3\#1953)
    - Normalize `luaotfload` function references (issue \#477)

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    https://ctan.org/pkg/l3build

    The packagerCOs files themselves can be inspected at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3build/

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Petra R|+be-Pugliese

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Thu Sep 10 16:57:45 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

    l3build

    package.

    Version: 2026-09-09
    License: lppl1.3c

    Summary description: A testing and building system for (La)TeX

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

    ### Added

    - `\REGRESSIONTESTFILEDATE`, version of `l3build` (issue \#456)

    ### Changed

    - `\SHOWFILE` now logs the first line of file content on new line (issue \#430)
    - Obey `\START` and `\OMIT` for `\SHOWPDFTAGS`

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    The packagerCOs Catalogue entry can be viewed at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/l3build

    The packagerCOs files themselves can be inspected at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3build/

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Petra R|+be-Pugliese

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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