On 2003-01-07 00:28:44 +0100, David Kastrup wrote:
> Do you know of a single document that would fail if e-TeX was used?

No.

But to quote your proposal: "The format/executable combination
that distribution vendors are to use for the executables named
`latex' and `pdflatex' is to be eTeX". That would break _all_
documents when the distribution/installation doesn't contain
eTeX, as is the case for all commercial distributors.

And what would the user gain from eTeX? Many are still using
2.09 anyway :-(

Best regards
        Martin
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