On the way to teTeX-3.0, I make this interim beta. Several important
things have been updated and we have again important changes in
implementation details.

The most significant changes are:
	- pdfetex is the main engine
	- LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
	- pdftex 1.20a-rc1
	- xdvik 22.81.1

Most important todo:
	- wait for final pdftex 1.20a
	- update the documentation
	- update updmap (it should help users with the new localtion
	  for map files)

The new "main tex engine" means that etex and pdftex are no longer
build. pdfetex is used where tex, etex and pdftex have been used before
(except that "tex" is still "good old original tex", but e.g. latex is
now pdfetex).

One other important change is that pdftex no longer reads a special
config file at startup. Everything is done through the normal tex
input machanism, so all *.ini files have been modified to read a new
pdftexconfig.tex which replaces pdftex.cfg.

Files (to appear soon):
  ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX-beta/tetex-src-beta-2.96.0.20040321.tar.gz
  ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX-beta/tetex-texmf-beta-2.96.0.20040321.tar.gz
  ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX-beta/tetex-texmfsrc-beta-2.96.0.20040321.tar.gz
or
  ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX-beta/tetex-src-beta-2.96.0.20040321.tar.gz
  ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX-beta/tetex-texmf-beta-2.96.0.20040321.tar.gz
  ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX-beta/tetex-texmfsrc-beta-2.96.0.20040321.tar.gz

Changes in the src area (slightly "beautified" from Changelog):
        * adjust texconfig for pdftex.cf -> pdftexconfig.tex
        * ps2pk manpage was unaware of kpathsea; fixed by Frank Küster
        * update pdftex to version 1.20a-rc1
        * upgrade to xdvik-22.81.1-RC2
        * patch from Akira Kakuto (and approved by Olaf): take
          file_line_error_style from texmf.cnf
        * dvipsk/dvips.h: larger STRINGSIZE (just always use the large
          value that was previously only used for odvips)
        * updfate texinfo.tex
        * pdftex merged from TeX Live, changes at some places to make
          pdfetex the main TeX engine; no longer symlinks for ini*tex
          and vir*tex
        * kpathsea: TEXMFSCRIPTS and LIGFONTS added
        * rm -rf utils/texinfo/djgpp/CVS
        * add "angle(0,0)" to the list of "non-fatal" errors in mktexpk

Changes in the texmf area (slightly "beautified" from Changelog):
        * remove pdftex.cfg
        * icelandic hyphenation added (icehyph.tex, LPPL)
        * update c-cmr.mf from CTAN:fonts/cm/sauter/base/c-cmr.mf
        * update psgo
        * enc files move to dvips subdirectory
        * rename pdfconfig.tex to pdftexconfig.tex and adjust .ini files
        * update uk-tex-faq
        * update Catalogue, fontname files (map / enc), l2tabu, changebar,
          fancyhdr, listings, ntgclass
        * added pict2e
        * latex update: base toos graphics psnfss cyrillic babel
        * update texinfo.tex
        * add pdfconfig.tex (replaces pdftex.cfg)
        * change all *.ini files (except tex.ini) to read pdfconfig.tex
        * rm -f doc/fonts/marvosym/marvosym.pfb
        * update texnames.sty, ithyph.tex
        * rm ./fonts/map/dvips/base/psfonts.map (file exists in
          fonts/map/dvips/updmap)
        * mv fonts/type1/public/cs/README doc/fonts/cs
        * update texinfo.tex, hyperref
        * add import.sty
        * adjust A4size definitions in dvips's config.ps (see IEEE
          testflow document for explanation) and change
          pdftexDownloadBase14 to true in updmap.cfg.
        * update texinfo.tex, hyperref, subfig
        * add tfm files of doublestroke fonts
        * mv fonts/ocp/public/oinuit/ omega/ocp
        * update custom-bib (only README.413 + merlin.mbs)
        * add x.mf / x.mp (to exit, just like x.tex)

This is a beta release, but I really need feedback on the changes and
rearrangements.

Happy testing + have fun!

Thomas