it's grinding me down:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: xpackages
> Author's name: LaTeX3 Project
> Author's email: latex-t...@latex-project.org
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages
> Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The xpackages are experimental, high-level parts of LaTeX3. They
> are designed to provide a link between the programming system
> (expl3) and the user. Each xpackage is focussed in a different
> area, for example creating document commands (xparse),
> producing flexible formatting functions (xtemplate), etc.
>
> At present, the xpackages are designed to be loaded on top
> of LaTeX2e:
>
> \usepackage{xparse}
> \usepackage{xtemplate}
>
> In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code.
> This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a
> stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed.
>
> To use the xpackages, you will need to have the expl3 package
> available. This provides the LaTeX3 coding environment on which
> the xpackages are built.
>
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> This release (SVN 1881)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This release features a new versions of the template package,
> xtemplate, which revises the idea of a template and brings in
> the idea of a self-documenting template. The new templates
> are not compatible with those created using the older
> template package, which is depreciated. The documentation
> covers the full detail of the new approach, which we hope makes
> the template concept easier to follow and more useful for
> designers.
>
> In the xparse module, the nesting of "D" arguments has been
> revised so that is is more robust.
>
> This release also keeps the xpackages up to date with changes
> in expl3.
>
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> The LaTeX3 Project
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thanks for the upload; i have installed it and updated the catalogue
repository.
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>
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xpackages
the perceptive will spot the tiny change in the catalogue entry,
overnight.
if they bother to look. it's not very exciting.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
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