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author | Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> | 2019-01-07 13:28:56 +0100 |
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committer | Context Git Mirror Bot <phg@phi-gamma.net> | 2019-01-07 13:28:56 +0100 |
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diff --git a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luatex/luatex-introduction.tex b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luatex/luatex-introduction.tex index 1f997e250..5ed80f4c1 100644 --- a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luatex/luatex-introduction.tex +++ b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luatex/luatex-introduction.tex @@ -125,10 +125,15 @@ but there is no support for any of its experimental features. Intermediate releases (from trunk) are normally available via the \CONTEXT\ distribution channels (the garden and so called minimals). -Future versions will probably become a bit leaner and meaner. Some libraries -might become external as we don't want to bloat the binary and also don't want to -add more hard coded solutions. After all, with \LUA\ you can extend the core -functionality. The less dependencies, the better. +Version 1.10 is more or less an endpoint in development: this is what you get. +Because not only \CONTEXT, that we can adapt rather easily, uses \LUATEX, we +cannot change fundamentals without unforeseen consequences. By now it has been +proven that \LUA\ can be used to extend the core functionality so there is no +need to add more, and definitely no hard coded solutions for (not so) common +problems. Of course there will be bug fixes, maybe some optimization, and there +might even be some additions or non|-|intrusive improvements, but only after +testing outside the stable release. After all, the binary is already more than +large enough and there is not that much to gain. You might find \LUA\ helpers that are not yet documented. These are considered experimental, although when you encounter them in a \CONTEXT\ version that has |