From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 30 17:45:17 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F33D1065670 for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 17:45:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from graudeejs@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lb0-f182.google.com (mail-lb0-f182.google.com [209.85.217.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBCA68FC18 for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 17:45:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbon10 with SMTP id n10so251140lbo.13 for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 10:45:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; bh=BzL9rzqaT6GxiXhpX+Hr84D02F1dyCS5ca81hsImdQQ=; b=v6zB+u9Qg/QqsQNRI6xvU5UpsXydm2/auGSUMa7AFTZQqBOzqzcUcsDd4ct04Jnlqc S58DX7dehHYTJPtnvcoZaDjYPo1yfkm5jt6B9K+eMguNMZpvgUV8Su92HwpQdMG9hBtC 5FUY1JcKB84kY06Gw2968d2WHkQ0IUq1hC7qGpoKVPxVTTHXaokcfIdnbWIKW9OV9j7W xoH4EJAar3a5tIZfPk6edLImUJ/aPz7Zz0jsgJTuq6X1E6CEPYL15g64sjpl+r9Ga9Cz ZsKOSzs9pve+EbDRYOx7IO7XEE3KtuHDfX87BgX09nCW2DaHIulSg85QCTz6dKkun8/z vv+A== Received: by 10.112.45.168 with SMTP id o8mr7119783lbm.88.1338399915558; Wed, 30 May 2012 10:45:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from desktop.pc (mpe-11-35.mpe.lv. [83.241.11.35]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id er3sm496053lbb.16.2012.05.30.10.45.14 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 30 May 2012 10:45:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 20:45:02 +0300 From: Aldis Berjoza Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120530204502.5cab974c@desktop.pc> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/l76VqbAK71twJnJWtoJzBN9"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Subject: Re: TeXLive merge into FreeBSD ports tree - FreeBSD project idea X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 17:45:17 -0000 --Sig_/l76VqbAK71twJnJWtoJzBN9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 26 May 2012 22:45:37 +1200 Sam Lin wrote: > Hi FreeBSD fellows, >=20 > Those who are using LaTeX on FreeBSD must know that tetex has been > discontinued years ago and that TeXLive is now recommended, however > TeXLive has never been merged in the ports tree on FreeBSD and that > tetex is still used on FreeBSD ports. Although there have been some > "customized" work so that FreeBSD users can install and use TeXLive > on FreeBSD machine (for example, > http://code.google.com/p/freebsd-texlive/wiki/Installing), this is > quite confusing and may still cause conflict on the system side when > using or maintaining it. >=20 > There has also been years of gossips that a Japanese developer Hiroki > Sato (hrs@freebsd) has been working on this matter for the last years > and therefore the FreeBSD admin panel don't want anyone else to work > on this and merge it into the ports tree. >=20 > I actually contacted Hiroki Sato in the beginning of last year (2011) > regarding this, and in his reply he said that there had been several > technical issues but most of them had been solved and almost ready to > merge into the port tree, and that he was planning to go forward > after the 8.2/7.4 releases (one or two weeks later from that time > stage) are out. However, more than a year has passed since then and > still nothing happened. I tried to contact him several times after > that (email, tweet, etc) but haven't heard anything back from him at > all. >=20 > Is TeXLive really going to be merged into the FreeBSD ports tree as > Hiroki Sato mentioned previously? Or is this just a myth?? >=20 > I am now thinking that this should be put into the "FreeBSD Project > ideas List" [http://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage]. >=20 > Regards, > Sam > Hey, Sam! I which TeXLive would be merged in FreeBSD ports. Romain is doing great job maintaining it. And it work, And it work now. In fact it works for more than a year. --=20 Aldis Berjoza --Sig_/l76VqbAK71twJnJWtoJzBN9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPxlyoAAoJECrA2xnMujn6PIIH/A9mmeMnl1ArAsfBFMtwZUng gay/dt6sWfUINysMw2Z/TvMSKfuJq2XOQ6ORq+x5x9D3oD3F21XsmnumXUAJ5EgX HZMQFV7xWwhCGo2Oz7XDHMX5sNx9O58jaeDOrKeIs7LVGXtZFgtgLc9tAKfwDG2c BvtIF4qxBI9R5YDzlX9yY7hx4BwYw3moxPtIYXB0ayCwR1DOwAi4nC4u2AZRutc5 CrSHWHPIr4gYkt2L8f+q9CUbsmy9XA7ZRLnQJlHalkCJ/vELP1VRw1J1pJmRBOol 9ZXhKPTecgLamo6Woi6yZO+8YnfcvsarMC7+EqB6W4wixNAv22mvlBn84q1ARQg= =5L8A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/l76VqbAK71twJnJWtoJzBN9--