(Sent from my phone.)
On 10/07/2011, at 23:04, Karl Berry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I can't imagine that rewriting the world is either feasible or
> desirable.
> Presumably "deprecated" means "if you want new functionality use new
> primitives, existing primitives will keep working as they always
> have".
Sure, but not usefully with Unicode fonts. The best solution we have
(taken by polyglossia) is to avoid babel for Unicode use (ie with
xelatex or lualatex). Unfortunately polyglossia is xelatex-only at
present...
W