Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:51:11 -1000 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: TeTeX and TeXLive Message-ID: <20071217095111.GA5844@holstein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20071216.225955.111308887.hrs@allbsd.org> References: <20071214025230.361715eb@anthesphoria.net> <alpine.BSF.0.999999.0712132243270.5964@ync.qbhto.arg> <200712150123.lBF1N35T038677@anthesphoria.net> <20071216.225955.111308887.hrs@allbsd.org>
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in message <20071216.225955.111308887.hrs@allbsd.org>, wrote Hiroki Sato thusly... ... > I have tried to create TeXLive port and have some working results, > but I cannot commit it because the following issues still remain: > > 1. Compatibility with other packages which uses TeX. Some depend > on old teTeX structure, some depend on hard-coded directory > structure, and so on. teTeX in the current ports tree has > various glues for such software which are not integrated into > teTeX yet. > > 2. Finer-grained package management is needed. Creating a > TeXLive port as "one very large package" is possible but I do > not think it would work well. There are many people who do > not want to install such a large package (TeXLive needs >500MB > disk space) for a simple use, and who can install it but want > to update some specific macro packages after that. Also, I > want to solve a situation that we have print/tex and > print/teTeX separately. ... (finally some news) Thanks much Hiroki for the update! I will look forward to the upcoming ports, and if I could help with testing. - Parv --
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