Bug#261751: tetex-extra: contains older version of colortbl.sty
Hi,
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 12:20:54AM +0200, Hilmar Preusse wrote:
>What do you speak about?
Version of colortbl
in tetex-extra 2.0.2b-3 : 1999/03/24 v0.1i Color table columns (DPC)
on CTAN : 2001/02/13 v0.1j Color table columns (DPC)
and now it is 2004
>tetex-ctan as new package? What should it do? Divert all files and
It is just an idea. As long as you are saying, that you have better
things todo then updating Styles from CTAN.
>install recent version in /usr/share? Install that stuff in
>/usr/local/share or /opt/share?
No, location of colortbl should stay /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/carlisle
Just the source could be an other deb-package.
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 10:11:38AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
>We have talked about things like that yet, and I was thinking (or did
>somebody else suggest it?) to use /usr/share/site-texmf/ for packages
>that want to install TeX input files that should "shadow" tetex-base's
>or tetex-extra's versions.
Yes, thats what I'm thinking of. But my idea was to replace not to
shadow, but shadowing could do well. :)
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 12:20:54AM +0200, Hilmar Preusse wrote:
>> And let do the tetex-ctan maintainer the "additional work".
>Any volunteers for that job? I'm afraid it won't be less hard than
>our one.
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 10:11:38AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
>You are wellcome to create and maintain such a package. Go ahead. If you
>are not yet a Debian Developer, I will be happy to sponsor your upload.
I am not averse to do a job like that.
But to clarify, I am in no way saying I will do a better job.
Its just the fact that there is ctan-packages you say you will not
update and I am willing to do a update.
Also I don't think I can do that for all ctan-packages due to few time.
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 12:20:54AM +0200, Hilmar Preusse wrote:
>> It is not a good idea to provide 2 year old software, while there
>> is a newer version.
>There is no newer teTeX release until now.
I was not talking of teTeX, i just talk about a single ctan package.
>> But at all, what is so hard to replase a few files to be up-to-date
>> with colortbl?
>If we do that the next guy comes around the corner and asks us, why
>we don't update e.g. KOMA.
As long there are debian users, there always will be a next guy.
And why not be nice to users, if it is just a small favor.
;)
Holger
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