CTAN package renamed and updated: xpackages

ctan-upload@... wrote:

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> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
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> Name of contribution: xpackages
> Author's name: Morten Høgholm
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xpackages
> Summary description: xpackages update
> License type: lppl
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> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> This is a snapshot of the svn repository as of 2008/08/03.
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> Only stable modules are included, which currently is limited to the
> modules  xbase and xtheorem.
> 
> Changes in xparse:
> Semantics for \DeclareDocumentCommand has reverted to the original
> (overwrite).  Two new commands \NewDocumentCommand and
> \RenewDocumentCommand have been introduced. Same applies for
> environments.
>
> Xparse:
> A reimplementation of the interface to AMS-LaTeX's theorem definition
> commands, using the facilities of the template package of xbase.

the interested user may browse the (extensive) readme file for further