Hi,

yesterday, I have uploaded a new teTeX-beta release:
  ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX-beta/teTeX-src-beta-20020825.tar.gz
  ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX-beta/teTeX-texmf-beta-20020825.tar.gz
  ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX-beta/teTeX-texmfsrc-beta-20020825.tar.gz

Main differences from previous release:
  - pdftex loads map files faster
  - ncurses updated
  - portability fixes for ps2pk
  - Omega removed
  - texmf* tarballs updated

As for the next stable teTeX release, I am going to wait for the next
web2c release. There will be a few changes and the most important one
is about the banner displayed by TeX if extansions (e.g. src specials)
are enabled.

Omega was removed, mainly for two reasons:
  - I hardly get any response from John or Yannis is I have a question /
  problem (about copyright or tecnical stuff, e.g. about the lex problem
  on Solaris)
  - the latest Omega releases are not yet stable

I might put Omega back as soon as the new release becomes stable.

Thomas