Re: dvipdfm

[brian@debian.org (Brian Mays)]

Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp> wrote:

> In the latest teTeX 20021225 beta, dvipdfm was included and we Debian
> has already dvipdfm and dvipdfm-cjk packages.

> And it will be so in the next teTeX 2.0, I believe.

  [...]

> Then what is the best way to do.  Basically we package tetex-* in the
> way as the upstream teTeX provides ...

> ... I guess we can include dvipdfm in tetex-* packages as 
> it is (i.e. without modification for Japanese support).

I don't care whether dvipdfm migrates into tetex.  If you want to keep 
tetex as close to the upstream as possible, and include dvipdfm in the 
next release, then go ahead and do it.  It will simplify integration of 
dvipdfm into Debian's TeX setup, and it will eliminate the need for the 
diversion that I added to the dvipdfm package to make it work with the 
tetex packages.

If you do add dvipdfm to tetex in the future, please let me know, and 
please release a new, empty dvipdfm package, which mentions this change in 
its description and depends on the tetex package containing dvipdfm.

- Brian