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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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The format is based on [Keep a
Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).

## 2021-10-20

### Changed

- Q-balance: Add mention to `pbalance` package.

## 2021-08-18

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The [`balance`](https://ctan.org/pkg/balance) package also patches the output routine
(somewhat more carefully than [`flushend`](https://ctan.org/pkg/flushend)).

The user should be aware that any of these packages are liable to
The user should be aware that both these packages are liable to
become confused in the presence of floats: if problems arise, manual
adjustment of the floats in the document is likely to be necessary.
It is this difficulty (what's required in any instance can't really be
expressed in current LaTeX) that led the author of
[`multicol`](https://ctan.org/pkg/multicol) to suppress single-column-wide floats.

The [`poor man's balance`](https://ctan.org/pkg/pbalance) package tries
to solve this limitation. It should be "safe" (changes to the output
routine are minimal) and "just work" without user intervention. However,
as most things in life, it comes with its own set of caveats (check the
docs). The most important ones are

1. It is a very new package (2020) and, therefore, has been very
lightly tested;

2. It demands additional LaTeX passes (up to three in some cases).