Bug#338608: Debian Bug#338046: whizzytex: einitex unavailable from tetex and no longer functions.

[Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>]

Hi,

> >> But your postinst scripts will fail anyway....
> >
> > It's not only postinst scripts that will use initex.
> > initex is a well-known interface for generating 
> > dumps with tex.
> 
> Many obsolete things are well-known.  It's a good idea to provide an
> initex script that will echo "please use tex --ini", but Debian packages
> will still have to switch to the new (as of 1990 or so) ways.

1. I don't understand why it has to be removed; it's an 
 interface that has been used, and not documented as 
 deprecated anywhere.

2. If it's really a problem that such symlink exists, 
 please do document it in the manual page, changelog,
 NEWS.Debian, and release-notes of debian-installer,
 and then remove after etch.

 Please provide a 'initex' that prints out a warning that
 it is being deprecated for etch.


regards,
	junichi