TeX Live contrib updates

It is now more than a year that I took over tlcontrib from Taco and provide it at the TeX Live contrib repository. It does now serve old TeX Live 2017 as well as the current TeX Live 2018, and since last year the number of packages has increased from 52 to 70.

Recent changes include pTeX support packages for non-free fonts and more packages from the AcroTeX bundle. In particular since the last post the following packages have been added: aeb-mobile, aeb-tilebg, aebenvelope, cjk-gs-integrate-macos, comicsans, datepicker-pro, digicap-pro, dps, eq-save, fetchbibpes, japanese-otf-nonfree, japanese-otf-uptex-nonfree, mkstmpdad, opacity-pro, ptex-fontmaps-macos, qrcstamps.

Here I want to thank Jürgen Gilg for reminding me consistently of updates I have missed, big thanks!

To recall what TLcontrib is for: It collects packages that not distributed inside TeX Live proper for one or another of the following reasons:

• because it is not free software according to the FSF guidelines;
• because it is an executable update;
• because it is not available on CTAN;
• because it is an intermediate release for testing.

In short, anything related to TeX that can not be on TeX Live but can still legally be distributed over the Internet can have a place on TLContrib. The full list of packages can be seen here.

Please see the main page for Quickstart, History, and details about how to contribute packages.

Last but not least, while this is a service to make access to non-free packages more easy for users of the TeX Live Manager, our aim is to have as many as possible packages made completely free and included into TeX Live proper!

Enjoy.