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new FAQ: How does ConTeXt versioning work?
=== What is ConTeXt? ===
:It is a document production system based on Donald Knuth's [[http://www.tug.org/ TeX]]. It is a set of high-level macros written in the (somewhat arcane) TeX language, and these macros simplify the task of designing layouts, making hyperlinks, etc.
=== How does ConTeXt versioning work? ===
:There are 2 different development trees for ConTeXt, called Mark II and Mark IV (MkII, MkIV). They are always released together in a single package because they share a fair amount of code. MkII is stable and is in maintenance-only mode, MkIV is actively developed, including several enhanced features and completely new font handling.
:There are 3 different typesetting engines that work with ConTeXt: pdfTeX, XeTeX and LuaTeX. MkIV works only with LuaTeX, MkII with any one of the engines (pdfTeX is the default). Font setups (typescripts) differ per engine.
:ConTeXt releases are identified by a time stamp, e.g. ''2010.06.23 12:45''. At most times, there is both a ''current'' and a ''beta'' ConTeXt release package available. As explained above, both packages contain MkII and MkIV, the difference between ''current'' and ''beta'' is that the latter contains the unstable developments to MkIV for testing by power users.
=== Is there a hello-world document? ===
