New CTAN package: textgreek

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 Leonard Michlmayr submitted the new

  textgreek

package.

Summary description: upright greek letters in text
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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Use upright greek letters as text symbols, e.g. \textbeta.
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This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/textgreek/
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=textgreek
(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to 
appear).  We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .  
Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
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Thanks for the upload.

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: Asymptote

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 John Bowman submitted an update to the

  asymptote

package.

Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language
License type: lgpl

Announcement text: 
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The -P option required by ghostscript 9.00 was added. The
limits command now works correctly with reversed axes. The
asyinclude command of asymptote.sty was improved so that asy
source files do not need to be sent to publishers; the asy
extension is now optional. A mktemp function was
implemented. Further MSWindows installer problems were
addressed.

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This package is located at 
   http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote/
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=asymptote
(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to 
appear).  We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .  
Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
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ftp.dante.de shut down due to security problem with ftp server program.

A serious bug has been detecetd in proftpd:

 http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3521

As a consequence, ftp access to ftp.dante.de a.k.a. dante.ctan.org will be 
disabled, effective immediately. http or rsync access to dante.ctan.org are not 
affected.

Service will be resumed only after this bug is corrected.

 For the CTAN Team
   Rainer Schöpf

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tug.ctan.org also down due to security problem with FTP server program.

A security flaw has been found in the the FTP server program that is
used at the tug.ctan.org node of CTAN, as noted earler by Rainer.
Consequently I shut off this service.  I expect that it will be off for
a few days, for lack of time to repair it.  I apologize for the
inconvienence.

Individuals who use HTTP would not be immediately affected by this
change.

Jim

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Re: pst-func

Herbert Voss wrote:

> I uploaded pst-func.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace the
> files with the ones in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/
> 
> pst-func is a PSTricks related package for drawing
> special mathematical functions like distributions,
> polynomials, a.s.o.
> 
> ..... pst-func.tex
> 0.71  2010-11-03  - allow option dotstyle for \psGaussI

thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the
catalogue repository.

Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
  http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-func.html
or browse the package's directory at
  http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/

The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.

Robin Fairbairns

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FTP Service on dante.ctan.org resumed

The FTP service for the CTAN main node

  dante.ctan.org

is working again, after replacing the ftp server software (proftpd) by another 
one (vsftpd).

With this change, FTP uploads on dante.ctan.org are no longer possible.
Uploads should be done via the web interface:

    http://upload.ctan.org/

  For the CTAN Team
    Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: linegoal

the daemon creeps out and says:

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: linegoal
> Author's name: Florent CHERVET
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/linegoal
> Summary description: A new ``dimen'' corresponding to the remainder of the line
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> linegoal can be loaded now even if pdfTeX is not used:
> 
> \linegoal is then equal to \linewidth in any case.
> 
> \linegoal can be used in dvi mode with pdfTeX.
> 
> This improves compatibility with other packages

thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the
catalogue repository.

> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/linegoal.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/linegoal/

The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.

CTAN update: pstricks - base

Herbert Voss wrote:

> I uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace all
> files with the ones in the main directory
> /graphics/pstricks/base/
> 
> 2.13  2010-11-01
>   - new macro and counter for the type of read coordinates
>     \pstCheckCoorType{#1} sets the macro \pst <at> C <at>  <at> rType
> % \pst <at> C <at>  <at> rType = 0 cartesian (x,y)
> %               = 1 polar     (r;phi)
> %               = 2 PS        (! x y)
> %               = 3 mixed     ((x,y)|(x,y))
> %               = 4 algebraic (*x f(x))
> %               = 5 node      (A)
> %               = 6 special node ([...]A)
> %               = 7 node      (>A)
> 
>   - new optional argument for setflat
>   - fix bug with doubled linecap definition
>   - fix bug with missing linejoin in \psls <at> solid
> 
> 
> read the file /base/doc/pst-news10.pdf for more informations
> about this update to the base part of PSTricks or read
> the other Changes files which lists all what's new in
> the other files.

thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the
catalogue repository.

CTAN update: pstricks-add

Herbert Voss wrote:

> I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace all
> files with the ones in the  directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/
> 
> 
> pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot
> of additional features, like arrows, special curves, a...
> 
>  v 3.45  2010-11-01 - modified \Put for checking coor type (hv,ms)

thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the
catalogue repository.

Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
  http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-add.html
or browse the package's directory at
  http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/

The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.

Robin Fairbairns

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CTAN update: teubner

This has been installed at tug.ctan.org.

Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: teubner
Version number: 3.1
Author's name: Claudio Beccari
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/teubner/
Summary description: Important upgrade of the teubner package
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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This important upgrade solves the conflict with the txfontsb
package. Now who uses teubner and selects the TX fonts as
default Latin ones, does not get trapped any more in with
the font description files of the txfontsb package.
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This package is at 
   http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/teubner/
.  Information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/teubner
(it may take a day for the information to appear).  We are supported 
by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .  For your users group