Re: #debian-tetex is not exactly hopping....
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:
> From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
> > I'm not sure whether we really need to have the latest version of
> > everything - what are the great benefits of having a newer LaTeX? In my
> > opinion it's perhaps worth it upgrading some packages inside teTeX when
> > this fixes bugs, but I do usually prefer to stay with upstream and I
> > prefer waiting half a year for a new teTeX over trying to upgrade
> > everything ourselves.
>
> I agreed. Perhaps tetex-update containing only the latest
> LaTeX is sufficient and makes the relation between other
> tetex-* packages much simpler, I guess.
>...
There's ne thing I don't understand: Who will benefit from a package that
contains the latest LaTeX? The normal user will see no difference or did I
miss a big bug or a great feature that is a good reason to upgrade to the
latest LaTeX?
> Best Regards, 2001.6.6
cu
Adrian
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