Bug#150778: tetex-extra: Add (symlinks to get) versioned amslatex .sty's for arXiv

[frank@kuesterei.ch (Frank Küster)]

Hello Thomas,

two years ago you reported the following wishlist bug:

Thomas Viehmann <tv@beamnet.de> schrieb:

> Package: tetex-extra
> Version: 1.0.2+20011202-2
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Hi.
>
> Would it be possible to add (symlinks to get) versioned ams*.sty-files
> (cf <http://arxiv.org/help/faq/amslatex2000>).
> arXiv.org seems to require/have those and it would be very pleasant to
> be able have them in vanilla Debian.

Please take our apologies for not reacting at all so long. Is this still
valid, i.e. are these links still necessary? And if yes, is there some
place where these files can still be easily accessed?

Furthermore - do you have any implementation ideas for the switch
mechanism? 

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie