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No, it's not (https://www.tug.org/texlive/ https://www.tug.org/texlive/). > Current release: TeX Live 2023 And at least the official Windows installer will st

by Tomte 3y ago

No, it's not (https://www.tug.org/texlive/ https://www.tug.org/texlive/). > Current release: TeX Live 2023 And at least the official Windows installer will still install TeX Live 2023, I tried that earlier today when this story was submitted. But it will be later today, probably: > 13mar: release TL and MacTeX. As usual, let people pre-seed the mirrors and wait for the release. We see that same issue on HN with Linux distributions all the time.

colejohnson66 3y ago
FTA: > The official web page for “Acquiring TeX Live as an ISO image” hasn’t yet been updated with this year’s torrent file, but Karl Berry tells me that should be happening within the next day or so.
- Tomte 3y ago
  That doesn‘t make it released, it only sows confusion. Again: the installer installs 2023.
  - mid-kid 3y ago
    The 2024 iso is released.
    - Tomte 3y ago
      No, it‘s not. It‘s only available.
      - timoteostewart 3y ago
        If the definition of "released" is that it's on the official web page, then I agree with you. Karl can't update the web page until I give him the torrent file, and so there's a lag time between when I begin seeding it and when the official web page is updated. Initiating seeding at the same time (or close to the same time) that the web page is updated would be a level of coordination and precision across time zones and continents that is perhaps above and beyond what's needed. That said, I'm sorry it's sowing confusion. I can see where you're coming from on that score.
      - mid-kid 3y ago
        Releasing is the process of making something available to the general public. If something is available, it's released.
  - timoteostewart 3y ago
    The installer in the ISO that is the topic of the article installs official 2024 TeX Live. I tested it via installing it to confirm this prior to creating the torrent. The torrent file at https://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-iso.html https://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-iso.html at the time of this writing is still the 2023 TeX Live ISO, and so yes, _that_ installer will install 2023 TL.
timoteostewart 3y ago
@Tomte, you may be conflating two concepts in software distribution. Yes, TeX Live is also distributed via mirrors (typically, FTP sites). But with the BitTorrent protocol, there are not mirrors in this same sense. There are just the seeders and leechers who are the clients/participants in the swarm. In a sense, by starting to seed last night, I really was "preseeding" so that by the time the announcement is made, there are at least several seeders already available to service the many new leechers who will only begin torrenting once the official web page is updated.

by Tomte 3y ago

colejohnson66 3y ago

FTA: > The official web page for “Acquiring TeX Live as an ISO image” hasn’t yet been updated with this year’s torrent file, but Karl Berry tells me that should be happening within the next day or so.

Tomte 3y ago
That doesn‘t make it released, it only sows confusion. Again: the installer installs 2023.
- mid-kid 3y ago
  The 2024 iso is released.
  - Tomte 3y ago
    No, it‘s not. It‘s only available.
    - timoteostewart 3y ago
      If the definition of "released" is that it's on the official web page, then I agree with you. Karl can't update the web page until I give him the torrent file, and so there's a lag time between when I begin seeding it and when the official web page is updated. Initiating seeding at the same time (or close to the same time) that the web page is updated would be a level of coordination and precision across time zones and continents that is perhaps above and beyond what's needed. That said, I'm sorry it's sowing confusion. I can see where you're coming from on that score.
    - mid-kid 3y ago
      Releasing is the process of making something available to the general public. If something is available, it's released.
- timoteostewart 3y ago
  The installer in the ISO that is the topic of the article installs official 2024 TeX Live. I tested it via installing it to confirm this prior to creating the torrent. The torrent file at https://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-iso.html https://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-iso.html at the time of this writing is still the 2023 TeX Live ISO, and so yes, _that_ installer will install 2023 TL.

timoteostewart 3y ago

@Tomte, you may be conflating two concepts in software distribution. Yes, TeX Live is also distributed via mirrors (typically, FTP sites). But with the BitTorrent protocol, there are not mirrors in this same sense. There are just the seeders and leechers who are the clients/participants in the swarm. In a sense, by starting to seed last night, I really was "preseeding" so that by the time the announcement is made, there are at least several seeders already available to service the many new leechers who will only begin torrenting once the official web page is updated.