Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:19:56 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [CFT] TexLive port Message-ID: <5027753C.3040008@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <20120812085001.GB31466@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <50170F2E.2060804@bsdforen.de> <50276571.5070709@bsdforen.de> <20120812085001.GB31466@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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Hello, On 12/08/2012 10:50, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 10:12:33AM +0200, Dominic Fandrey wrote: >> ... >> Here we go: > > Are you aware of: http://code.google.com/p/freebsd-texlive/ ? romain@ has been > working and maintaining those ports for a while and has plan to merge them into > the ports tree once he is back from vacations (in about a month iirc) did you > contact him? maybe both of your work can be merged? I know hrs@ also has/had? > plan about texlive, merging the effort and plan could be good. Yes, I became aware when I tried to find out why there is no TeX Live port. I looked at it and dismissed it as more complicated than creating my own port. Our approaches are quite orthogonal. Whereas he uses the CTAN thingy to assemble all the parts that make up a TeX Live distribution, I simply grab the release tarballs and slab them onto the system. I expect both ports are pretty complete by now. I'd say I open the PR, he can submit his port for review into the same or another PR and we let the community discuss which is their preferred approach. His is definitely more fine grained and customizable, mine is probably easier to maintain. I'd be content with either solution so long as a TeX Live port makes it into the tree soon. It's always good to throw away stuff to make space for something better. So don't hesitate to declare my port inferior if that is your opinion. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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