Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 20:45:02 +0300 From: Aldis Berjoza <graudeejs@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TeXLive merge into FreeBSD ports tree - FreeBSD project idea Message-ID: <20120530204502.5cab974c@desktop.pc> In-Reply-To: <CACsYpVMrR1aDDM5k9t8c%2BLRdnEL5yR761L7D6er0gM=1F9i4ww@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACsYpVMrR1aDDM5k9t8c%2BLRdnEL5yR761L7D6er0gM=1F9i4ww@mail.gmail.com>
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--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 <sam.lin4ml@gmail.com> 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--
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