Bug#263162: Please describe your tasksel policy, and re-add the tex task
Hi,
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 05:33:41PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> This is not what I learned tasksel to be, as a user years ago. However,
> I have no good suggestion regarding TeX. Perhaps a meta-package is more
> appropriate; however I am not sure what should be in it.
Well, I think we should start with packages in the woody version's
tasksel.
> Although I question the usefulness of the criteria you use for tasksel
> (or of a tasksel using those criteria), I don't mind very much, and I
> will accept this as it is. Maybe sometime a meta package comes about.
>
> For me, I would close this bug - however, since other people took part
> in the discussion, I will wait a couple of days.
I think sensible solution is to carefully chack and maintain tetex-bin
package's Depends:, Recommends:, Suggests:. If these are done well,
then tex or latex virtual package will invite people to tetex-bin and
installing all Depends:, Recommends:, Suggests: chain by aptitude will
give decent tex+latex environment. I did not cross check this one with
previous tasksel rersults.
Considering tasksel is more general purpose machine set-up by
popular functionarity, I can live with this new simplified memu.
But I will certainly miss "educational" side of previous tasksel
choices. TeX task had a good educational value. So had the "C
programing" task.
Osamu
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