Re: The Splitting of teTeX
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 11:02:30AM +0200, Christoph Martin wrote:
> > I don't think it's worth the effort. The -src package only exists to
> > satisfy the requirements of some licenses, and if we have newer LaTeX
> > packages, we would have the LaTeX sources in the source package
> > there. It's a shame that there are no "source only" packages! If
> > people want source packages, they can use "apt-get source ...".
>
> Please remember, that tetex-src is NOT identical with the sources of
> tetex-{base,extra}. In tetex-{base,extra} are the docstripped versions
> of the files in tetex-src which do not suffice for the copyright.
Absolutely! tetex-src is a fairly pointless package to have available
in .deb form. A source package for it, or even just a .tar.gz or
.tar.bz2 version would be more than adequate. Since it is only used
upstream to generate tetex-{base,extra}, it really is like a source
package. As I said, it only exists because of certain licensing
requirements. So the effort needed to split it would be wasted.
Julian
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