Bump to 24.12.

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-## Babel 24.11.65837
+## Babel 24.12
 
-(dev)
+2024-10-20
 
 `babel` is the multilingual framework to localize documents in
 LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX. It manages culturally-determined
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ languages even work with Plain formats.
 
 The latest stable version is available on <https://ctan.org/pkg/babel>.
 
-Changes in version 24.11 are described in:
+Changes in version 24.12 are described in:
 
-https://latex3.github.io/babel/news/whats-new-in-babel-24.11.html
+https://latex3.github.io/babel/news/whats-new-in-babel-24.12.html
 
 Apart from the manual, you can find information on some aspects of babel at:
 
@@ -48,18 +48,14 @@ respective authors.
 
 ### Summary of latest changes
 ```
-24.12  (dev)
+24.12  2024-10-20
        * Fixes: 
          - Date sometimes missing with lazy loading.
-         - Wrong sigma in some Greek numerals.
+         - Wrong stigma in some Greek numerals.
          - Wrong handling of ‘complex’ class options.
        * More tools for automated document generation workflows:
          - New LaTeX hook: presets.
-         - New command: \PassOptionsToLocale
-
-24.11  2024-10-05
-       * Start a thorough review of the manual.
-       * (lua) Transforms variables.
+         - New command: \PassOptionsToLocale.
 ```
 
 ### Previous changes

babel.dtx

@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
 %
 % \iffalse
 %<*filedriver>
-\ProvidesFile{babel.dtx}[2024/10/19 v24.11.65838 The Babel package]
+\ProvidesFile{babel.dtx}%
+  [2024/10/20 v24.12
+   The multilingual framework for pdfLaTeX, LuaLaTeX and XeLaTeX] 
 \documentclass{ltxdoc}
 \GetFileInfo{babel.dtx}
 \usepackage{fontspec}
@@ -2988,6 +2990,55 @@ is true with any of these two environment selectors.
 
 Its natural place of use is in hooks or in |\extras<language>|.
 
+\subsection{Presets}
+
+\New{24.12} Apart from configuration files, which are loaded before the
+locale files, you can preset some options even before loading \babel.
+One on the aims of this feature is to ease the integration with
+automated document generation or conversion workflows.
+
+\Describe{\AddToHook\{babel/presets\}}{\marg{settings}}
+
+This \LaTeX{} hook is executed just before locale files (either
+\texttt{ini} or \texttt{ldf}) are loaded. It’s in fact, similar to the
+config files, but it’s executed a little later and there is no need to
+a separate file. The following command has been devised for this hook,
+but other candidates are |\AfterBabelLanguage| and |\DeclareOption|
+(although the latter can be somewhat dangerous).
+
+Note these declarations are valid ‘just in case’. If \babel{} is not
+loaded, they are ignored.
+
+\Describe{\PassOptionsToLocale}{\marg{option-list}\marg{locale-name}}
+
+Its purpose is what its name suggests, and it was devised to be used
+with the previous hook.
+
+\begin{example}
+  You are writing a class and expect lazy loading of secondary
+  languages. You also want to make sure |french|, if used, activates
+  its rules for punctuation spacing, and |malayalam|, if used, maps
+  digits to the native ones (with \luatex):
+\setengine{luatex}
+\begin{verbatim}
+\AddToHook{babel/presets}{%
+  \PassOptionsToLocale{transforms=punctuation.space}{french}%
+  \PassOptionsToLocale{mapdigits}{malayalam}}
+\end{verbatim}
+  If you want to take a step further and force \babel{} to use always
+  |ini| files in all secondary languages, you can resort to the \LaTeX{}
+  mechanism to pass options to packages:
+\begin{verbatim}
+  \PassOptionsToPackage{provide+=*}{babel}
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{example}
+
+\begin{note}
+  Remember localized fonts are preset, too, with lazy loading. In
+  the previous example you can set, for example,
+  |\babelfont[malayalam]{rm}{FreeSerif}|.
+\end{note}
+
 \section{Creating a language}
 
 \New{3.10} And what if there is no style for your language or none fits
@@ -5053,27 +5104,27 @@ to its manual, and remember for short and simple texts you can rely on
 \subsection{Related packages}
 
 The following packages can be useful in multilingual contexts (the list
-is far from complete):
+is far from exhaustive):
 \begin{description}
 \itemsep=-\parskip
-\item[babelbib] Multilingual bibliographies.
-\item[biblatex] Programmable bibliographies and citations.
-\item[bicaption] Bilingual captions.
-\item[csquotes] Logical markup for quotes.
-\item[hyphsubst] Selects a different set of patterns for a language.
-\item[iflang] Tests correctly the current language.
-\item[microtype] Adjusts the typesetting according to
+\item[\sffamily babelbib] Multilingual bibliographies.
+\item[\sffamily biblatex] Programmable bibliographies and citations.
+\item[\sffamily bicaption] Bilingual captions.
+\item[\sffamily csquotes] Logical markup for quotes.
+\item[\sffamily hyphsubst] Selects a different set of patterns for a language.
+\item[\sffamily iflang] Tests correctly the current language.
+\item[\sffamily microtype] Adjusts the typesetting according to
   some languages (kerning and spacing). Ligatures can be disabled.
   Search in its manual for |babel| and |DeclareMicrotypeBabelHook|.
-\item[mkpattern] Generates hyphenation patterns.
-\item[siunitx] Typesetting of numbers and physical quantities.
-\item[substitutefont] Combines fonts in several encodings.
-\item[tracklang] Tracks which languages have been requested.
-\item[translator] An open platform for packages that need to be
+\item[\sffamily mkpattern] Generates hyphenation patterns.
+\item[\sffamily siunitx] Typesetting of numbers and physical quantities.
+\item[\sffamily substitutefont] Combines fonts in several encodings.
+\item[\sffamily tracklang] Tracks which languages have been requested.
+\item[\sffamily translator] An open platform for packages that need to be
   localized.
-\item[ucharclasses] (\xetex) Switches fonts when you switch from one
+\item[\sffamily ucharclasses] (\xetex) Switches fonts when you switch from one
   Unicode block to another. Note it doesn’t work with RTL scripts.
-\item[zhspacing] Spacing for CJK documents in \xetex.
+\item[\sffamily zhspacing] Spacing for CJK documents in \xetex.
 \end{description}
 
 \subsection{Indexing}
@@ -5906,8 +5957,8 @@ wouldn’t exist.
 % \section{Tools}
 %
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-%<<version=24.11.65838>>
-%<<date=2024/10/19>>
+%<<version=24.12>>
+%<<date=2024/10/20>>
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % \textbf{Do not use the following macros in \texttt{ldf} files. They
@@ -6310,8 +6361,10 @@ wouldn’t exist.
 %
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 %<*package>
-\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[2005/12/01]
-\ProvidesPackage{babel}[<@date@> v<@version@> The Babel package]
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
+\ProvidesPackage{babel}%
+  [<@date@> v<@version@>
+   The multilingual framework for pdfLaTeX, LuaLaTeX and XeLaTeX]
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % Start with some “private” debugging tools, and then define macros for
@@ -7809,10 +7862,11 @@ wouldn’t exist.
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % Since the following command is meant for a hook (although a \LaTeX
-% one), it’s placed here:
+% one), it’s placed here.
+%
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \providecommand\PassOptionsToLocale[2]{%
-  \@namedef{bbl@passto@#2}{#1}}
+  \bbl@csarg\bbl@add@list{passto@#2}{#1}}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % \subsection{Setting up language files}

babel.ins

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 %% and covered by LPPL is defined by the unpacking scripts (with
 %% extension .ins) which are part of the distribution.
 %%
-\def\filedate{2024/10/19}
+\def\filedate{2024/10/20}
 \def\batchfile{babel.ins}
 \input docstrip.tex
 
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@
 
 % Compatibility files
 
-\let\minusOption\bblMinus
-\let\plusOption\bblPlus
-
 \def\compatfile#1{\file{#1.sty}{\from{bbcompat.dtx}{styfile,#1}}}
 
 \generate{%

bbcompat.dtx

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 %
 % \iffalse
 %<*dtx>
-\ProvidesFile{bbcompat.dtx}[2024/10/19 v24.]
+\ProvidesFile{bbcompat.dtx}[2024/10/20 v24.]
 %</dtx>
 %
 %% File 'bbcompat.dtx'

locale/kmr/babel-kmr.ini

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ version = 1.1
 date = 2020-06-30
 name.local = Kurmancî
 name.english = Northern Kurdish
-name.babel = kurmanji northernkurdish
+name.babel = northernkurdish kurmanji
 name.polyglossia = kurdish
 tag.bcp47 = kmr
 language.tag.bcp47 = kmr

testfiles-lua/bbl-340.tlg

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 This is a generated file for the LaTeX2e validation system.
 Don't change this file in any respect.
-\today  = 82.64001pt, 7.75pt, 2.24pt 
-\greeknumeral {1} \greeknumeral {56} \greeknumeral {123987} = 66.87003pt, 7.35pt, 2.24pt 
+\today  = 80.88pt, 7.75pt, 2.24pt 
+\greeknumeral {1} \greeknumeral {56} \greeknumeral {123987} = 65.11002pt, 7.35pt, 2.24pt 
 \MakeUppercase {\greeknumeral {1} \greeknumeral {56} \greeknumeral {123987}} = 77.96004pt, 7.35pt, 2.23pt 
 \today  = 103.82pt, 6.94pt, 0.22pt 
 \MakeUppercase {lupus} = 32.51pt, 7.05pt, 0.22pt