Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:54:49 -0600 From: Trix Farrar <trix@basement.net> To: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> Cc: albert.shih@obspm.fr, dougb@FreeBSD.org, nikola.lecic@anthesphoria.net, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: TeTeX and TeXLive Message-ID: <20071217135444.GA1488@basement.net> In-Reply-To: <20071216.225955.111308887.hrs@allbsd.org> References: <20071216.225955.111308887.hrs@allbsd.org>
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--liOOAslEiF7prFVr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 10:59:55PM +0900, Hiroki Sato wrote: > Nikola Le??i?? <nikola.lecic@anthesphoria.net> wrote > 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=20 Have you considered a bsdpan-like system? Perl has the CPAN module that has been glued to the pkg_* tools so that installed modules "look like" packages. Could the same kind of thing be done for CTAN modules? --=20 John D. "Trix" Farrar __\\|//__ Basement.NET trix@basement.net (` o-o ') http://www.basement.net/ -----------------------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo-------------------------- --liOOAslEiF7prFVr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHZn+kUn6S0hqD4tsRAubyAKCSxeNELiJEzIjBh5U7/XSFKRupFACfd9Q8 yHwj23eAQz2m30VxWie+lRA= =JEpr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --liOOAslEiF7prFVr--
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