Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:02:45 +0900 (JST) From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: bakul@bitblocks.com Cc: albert.shih@obspm.fr, dougb@FreeBSD.org, nikola.lecic@anthesphoria.net, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: TeTeX and TeXLive Message-ID: <20071217.110245.36427121.hrs@allbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20071216202200.51C4F5B2E@mail.bitblocks.com> References: <20071216.225955.111308887.hrs@allbsd.org> <20071216202200.51C4F5B2E@mail.bitblocks.com>
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----Security_Multipart(Mon_Dec_17_11_02_45_2007_447)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> wrote in <20071216202200.51C4F5B2E@mail.bitblocks.com>: ba> Why not add TeXLive port even as it is, so that people can ba> play with it? As for modularization, I hope you don't go the ba> extreme of a zillion little pieces but instead break it in a ba> few pieces to cover about 90% of the use(rs). More pieces ba> means more things can go wrong.... [just my opinion] It is because we cannot make a port of software that is not in TeXLive. Some localized TeX variants use non-standard software and sometimes it conflicts ones in TeXLive for example, so a TeXLive port as it is does not work there (the current teTeX port and the related ports work, btw). Also, I do not want to bother people who are not interested in using TeX itself but need to install software which depends on TeX (not related TeX and just for typesetting a document during the building stage, for example). I do not like an >500MB package will be installed when I just want to install a small piece of software. Supporting minimal installation is needed for these reasons. One large package of TeXLive would make people happy for the moment, but they would notice and suffer from issues of integration with other ports and consistent upgrading. Do you think splitting it to small packages will be a big problem? I realize it takes additional time, but considering pros and cons I think it is better to do so. If you have any ideas that points to a bad scenario, please let me know more specific. -- | Hiroki SATO ----Security_Multipart(Mon_Dec_17_11_02_45_2007_447)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBHZdjFTyzT2CeTzy0RApM0AJ0etwP+X+NUFBv0RjuK5P221PFEtgCfZxCi 7zQXdRAclzf0esuEZXAYazk= =8c71 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Mon_Dec_17_11_02_45_2007_447)----
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