2025-pretest

1 files changed, 35 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e18d6e..886106f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ TeX Live for *Open*BSD
 
 Contents
 --------
-- [Current Release](#2024-release)
+- [Current Release](#2025-release)
 - [Running TeX Live in OpenBSD](#running-tex-live-in-openbsd)
   - [TeX Live for OpenBSD at Utah](#tex-live-for-openbsd-at-utah)
 - [Installing TeX Live on OpenBSD With Ready-to-Use Binaries](#installing-tex-live-on-openbsd-with-ready-to-use-binaries)
@@ -12,21 +12,23 @@ Contents
 - [Building the Sources](#building-the-sources)
 - [Acknowledgements](#acknowledgements)
 
-2024 Release
-------------
+2025 Release (pretest)
+----------------------
 
-[Updated August 14, 2024] TeX Live for OpenBSD is meant for the [2024
+[Updated February 10, 2025] TeX Live for OpenBSD is meant for the [2025
 release of TeX Live](https://tug.org/texlive), and will always run on
 both -stable and -current versions of OpenBSD.
 
-The TeX Live 2024 binaries are available for the following versions of
-OpenBSD:
+The TeX Live 2025 pretest binaries are available for the following
+versions of OpenBSD:
 
-- 7.4 (frozen as of April 6, 2024)
-- 7.5 (frozen as of September 4, 2024)
 - 7.6
 - 7.6-current
 
+Archives
+--------
+- 2024 ([link](https://www.ekdosis.org/texlive/2024))
+
 Running TeX Live in OpenBSD
 ---------------------------
 
@@ -69,10 +71,7 @@ be found here: <https://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/texlive-utah>.
 
 From this url, the binaries for OpenBSD are located in the
 [`bin/`](https://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/texlive-utah/bin)
-subdirectory. Look for `amd64-openbsd*.tar.xz`.  the build for 7.4 was
-done with the `gcc-11` compilers. The one for 7.5 is done with the
-`gcc-8.4.0` compilers which are widely used to build most OpenBSD
-ports.
+subdirectory. Look for `amd64-openbsd*.tar.xz`.
 
 The binaries available here are made with `clang`, which is the base
 system compiler.
@@ -91,7 +90,13 @@ Please read first the reference page on this matter:
 
 2. Acquire `install-tl-unx.tar.gz` from CTAN as described [on this
    page](https://tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html).
-   - do:
+
+> [NOTE!] 
+> During the so-called “pretest” phase, that is between February 8,
+> and March 8 2025, the TeX Live installer must be retrieved from [one
+> of these hosts](https://tug.org/texlive/mirmon).
+
+        - do:
    
      ```sh
      zcat < install-tl-unx.tar.gz | tar xf -
@@ -183,7 +188,7 @@ Please read first the reference page on this matter:
        `/usr/local/texlive/<yyyy>/bin/amd64-openbsd`:
            
            ```sh
-           cd /usr/local/texlive/<yyyy>/bin/custom
+           cd /usr/local/texlive/<yyyy>/bin
            ln -s custom amd64-openbsd
            ```
 
@@ -296,7 +301,7 @@ Building the sources
   - cmake
   - ninja
 - For asymptote:
-  - readline
+  - ~~readline~~
   - freeglut
   - eigen3
   - py3-cson, py3-qt5 and py3-numpy (run dependencies for `xasy`)
@@ -306,11 +311,26 @@ Building the sources
 ./checkout-tl.sh
 ```
 
+> [NOTE!] 
+> During the so-called “pretest” phase, that is between February 8,
+> and March 8 2025, use this command instead:
+> ```sh
+> ./checkout-tl.sh dev
+> ```
+
+
 ### Building
 ```sh
 ./tl-build.sh
 ```
 
+> [NOTE!] 
+> During the so-called “pretest” phase, that is between February 8,
+> and March 8 2025, use this command instead:
+> ```sh
+> ./tl-build.sh dev
+> ```
+
 ### Special considerations for biber
 [For the same reasons as in standard TeX
 Live](https://tug.org/texlive/build.html#biber), `biber` is not