Robin Fairbairns wrote:
>
> Jeroen Nijhof wrote:
>
> > > Is it free?
> > > In the affirmative answer, where can I get it?
> >
> > You can find it in ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/opustex/atwork/opus084.tgz
> > (or ../opus084.zip). That version, of February 4, 1998 seems to be the
> > latest version; it certainly has been in "incoming" for a while!
>
> i created the /incoming/opustex directory at his specific request.
> when andreas egler stopped being a student, he couldn't afford access
> to an ftp server to distribute his early test releases. when he was
> still working on it, he would upload a new version, and ask me to move
> it to the right place and set its protections so that the general
> public could get at it.
>
> i explained to him that this was no way to go about distributing
> software, but he was adamant that we should continue working that
> way. i'm not sure he entirely trusted me...
>
> > I have no idea how it compares with the latest version of MusixTeX
> > (v. T97, as of July 8th this year).
It was our idea to have an "atwork" version where different developments
could start from and Andreas would then merge them together some when to
form a new release. But this never happened. I recently asked him about
current standings. He sent me the history.txt file and some ideas he is
working on (automatic beams and chords). According to that OpusTex is
now at version 0.93 and has changed considerably. But i have no access
to it. Andreas promised that he will release it via Dante in the 'normal
way?, when it will be the time to do so....
Maybe it would be a good idea if Robin as a maintainer of
ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/opustex/atwork/opus084.tgz would ask
Andreas directly what to do with it and how to go about with a new
version release.
Cheers
Erwin
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