CTAN Update: l3kernel and l3backend
Date: February 22, 2020 9:48:50 PM CET
The LaTeX Team submitted an update to the
l3kernel and l3backend
bundles.
Version: 2020-02-21
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions
Announcement text:
## [2020-02-21] ### Added - Option `suppress-backend-headers` (see matching change in `l3backend`) ### Changed - Allow `dvisvgm` driver with XeTeX (issue #677) ### Fixed - `undo-recent-deprecations` would not reload the deprecation code
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel The package’s files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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## [2020-02-21] ### Added - Option `suppress-backend-headers` (see matching change in `l3backend`) ### Changed - Allow `dvisvgm` driver with XeTeX (issue #677) ### Fixed - `undo-recent-deprecations` would not reload the deprecation code
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel The package’s files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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
l3kernel – LaTeX3 programming conventions
The l3kernel bundle provides an implementation of the LaTeX3 programmers’ interface, as a set of packages that run under LaTeX2ε. The interface provides the foundation on which the LaTeX3 kernel and other future code are built: it is an API for TeX programmers. The packages are set up so that the LaTeX3 conventions can be used with regular LaTeX2ε packages.
| Package | l3kernel |
| Version | 2025-10-24 |
| Copyright | 1990–2025 The LaTeX Project |
| Maintainer | The LaTeX Project Team |