[tex-live] [pdftex] PDF 1.5 by default in TL 2010

[James Quirk]

> 
> Not on the same machine! installing newer versions of AR implies
> uninstalling old versions even of AA (if I understood correctly the
> acronyms used by Phil...). Acrobat 5 was a really good, reliable, and
> affordable (especially if you're in education) piece of software.
> Moreover, you had free plug-ins by e.g. Enfocus (or commercial
> extensions by the same): I am sure that in many workflows,
> professional or not, keeping AA 5 has been preferred to an endless
> upgrading (thus plug-ins as well, etc.).
I forgot to bring up the following URL:

http://blogs.adobe.com/adobereader/2009/12/adobe_reader_and_acrobat_versi.html

The bottom line is that AR5  (and 6 and 7) are no longer supported.

James