CTAN update: l3backend-dev
Date: February 19, 2026 3:44:15 PM CET
The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the
l3backend-dev
package.
Version: 2026-02-18
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: LaTeX3 backend drivers (dev)
Announcement text:
## [2026-02-18] ### Changes - Track `expl3` core changes - Opacity support to allow non-grouped versions
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/l3backend More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3backend-dev
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
## [2026-02-18] ### Changes - Track `expl3` core changes - Opacity support to allow non-grouped versions
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/l3backend More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3backend-dev
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
l3backend-dev – LaTeX3 backend drivers (dev)
This is a pre-release version of the l3backend package. It accompanies the pre-testing kernel code (latex-base-dev), and is intended for testing by knowledgeable users.
| Package | l3backend-dev |
| Version | 2026-02-18 |
| Copyright | 2019–2026 The LaTeX3 Project |
| Maintainer | The LaTeX Project Team |