Re: Packaging "feynmf" LaTeX macros: some questions about new TeX policy
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Kevin B. McCarty wrote:
> > superior functionality (like with cm-super, which provides X11 fonts,
> > too). In this case I normally blacklist a package from texlive and
> > depend instead on the the respective package in debian.
>
> Ah, OK. What if the functionality is not superior, but only identical?
> FeynMF hasn't been updated upstream since 1996 so I imagine that the
> version in TeX Live is exactly the same as what's on CTAN. I think it's
Think so, too.
> certainly worth packaging separately just for teTeX users, but in this
> situation do you prefer to also keep it packaged within the TeX Live
> tree? (I am perfectly OK with this, and I don't want to ask you to take
Actually yes. I would think about this if the package is *really* big
and including it two times in the debian archive would be a bad thing.
But since feynmf is not that big, I don't see this problem.
> FeynMF out of TeX Live if it would require a non-trivial amount of effort.)
Depends on in which units you count ;-)
Anyway. Leave it like it is ATM. I will finally check most packages
(once if I find time) and if they are ok and working with TeXLive, I
probably will file a bug to inclide a | texlive-XXXX and kick out the
respective package.
Best wishes
Norbert
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